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Sequence 8Maps of the world and of the United States are of special interest to Arron. One day I gave him a blank paper map of the… |
Sequence 14done and Japanese peace lanterns that were made; there was a kids' coloring book that talked about social skills leading… |
Sequence 5agencies in offering a viable model for the preservation and enhancement of agricultural, natural, and historic lands.… |
Sequence 7children from their earliest entrance into the educational community will be accli- mated to the developmental possibilities… |
Sequence 2LITERATURE AND GRAMMAR by Mrs. Francesca Claremont Transcribed and Edited by Jim and Frances Fitzpatrick Here follow two… |
Sequence 11have been traced, and seventeen Robin Hoods. This snowballing happens because there are so few names. Even in England-… |
Sequence 19to escape marriage with the father. The mother is dead before the story is opened, and that is why the father is wanting to… |
Sequence 21by the husband. This cycle is found among the Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada as well as among the… |
Sequence 11One of the best cases of such teaching I ever witnessed-one of the best examples of teaching the Golden Rule and a child… |
Sequence 1THE AooLESCENT AND THE FUit.JRE by Margaret E. Stephenson Miss Stephenson presents adolescence in a definitive theorectl… |
Sequence 11logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development… |
Sequence 17HISTORY, CMcs, GEOGRAPHY, AND ECONOMICS 1. What is the democratic ideal? How, when, why, and where has it arisen in the… |
Sequence 183. Economic Development-How have societies organized themselves economically? What conditions have caused changes in the ways… |
Sequence 3it probably is not necessary to show the whole process. For example, a Bring Me game usually assumes that the children can… |
Sequence 11parents hire caretakers with different language patterns from their own, they should not be surprised if their child's… |
Sequence 12The children spent most of !heir time in teacher-directed large- group activities, and ... most of their language behavior was… |
Sequence 1REsHAPING EARLY CHIIDHOOD INrnRVENTION To BE A MoRE EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST POVER1Y by Edward Zigler, PhD Drawing on his… |
Sequence 6unafraid to take bold initiatives with new partners so that all of America's children would be part of the success story… |
Sequence 7Yet even this reform rhetoric reverses back on itself and lowers expecta- tions for some of our children. The limited vision… |
Sequence 14We need to examine the work of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, a consortium of twenty-eight school… |
Sequence 1THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 2in order to study medicine. At that time, a woman who went among men, and especially among naked bodies which she cut to… |
Sequence 9We give far too much attention to the conscious, and hardly any to the unconscious. And yet, it is the unconscious which… |
Sequence 11"Mother, when am I going to plll on this corsage thal you have?" In Italy these are often made with velvet,… |
Sequence 1F~----------------- MONTESSORI AND LEARNING DISABIUTIES by Sylvia 0. Richardson American education is currently under attack… |
Sequence 5Where are they located? One school is in Canada, one in Mexico, and 31 in the United States. Nine schools are east of the… |
Sequence 1CREATIVE ABILITY IN CHILDHOOD by Maria Montessori Dr. Montessori presented this lecture at the Eightlz l11ternatio11al… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 14One elementary school head in an affluent Midwestern suburb recently told me that children from "normal"… |
Sequence 1THE PLACE OF READING RECOVERY IN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS by Mary Maher Boehnlein, PhD Dr. Boehnlein discusses the Reading… |
Sequence 2fact accounts for the spread of this approach to 49 of the 50 states and to other English-speaking countries, in both public… |
Sequence 13For the beginning reader, Clay advocates using pictures as one source of the meaning information to assist the young reader in… |
Sequence 3COSMIC EDUCATION AND LITERATURE- BASED TEACHING by Daniel Bachhuber Daniel Bachhuber provides a practical gttide to the… |
Sequence 25part) of the disturbing hormonal changes of adolescence, the child of 9 to 12, Montessori believed, is a stronger learner than… |
Sequence 4According to Kenneth Strike's analysis (1982, p. 214), two educa- tional strategies are possible prescriptions to… |
Sequence 19Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 1In 1938, with the help of friends in India, she and her family managed to leave Austria before the War. She was to spend nine… |
Sequence 4Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was the first woman physician of her native country, Italy. She became interested in… |
Sequence 13Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was the first woman physician of her native country, Italy. She became interested in… |
Sequence 16In 1938, with the help of friends in India, she and her family managed to leave Austria before the War. She was to spend nine… |
Sequence 21Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 36According to Kenneth Strike's analysis (1982, p. 214), two educa- tional strategies are possible prescriptions to… |
Sequence 87part) of the disturbing hormonal changes of adolescence, the child of 9 to 12, Montessori believed, is a stronger learner than… |
Sequence 109COSMIC EDUCATION AND LITERATURE- BASED TEACHING by Daniel Bachhuber Daniel Bachhuber provides a practical gttide to the… |
Sequence 117For the beginning reader, Clay advocates using pictures as one source of the meaning information to assist the young reader in… |
Sequence 128fact accounts for the spread of this approach to 49 of the 50 states and to other English-speaking countries, in both public… |
Sequence 129THE PLACE OF READING RECOVERY IN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS by Mary Maher Boehnlein, PhD Dr. Boehnlein discusses the Reading… |
Sequence 140One elementary school head in an affluent Midwestern suburb recently told me that children from "normal"… |
Sequence 167MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 193CREATIVE ABILITY IN CHILDHOOD by Maria Montessori Dr. Montessori presented this lecture at the Eightlz l11ternatio11al… |
Sequence 13all-day designs which build a more natural pace and better relation- ships between the children and the adults. Usually at… |
Sequence 5thought to what it was I enjoyed as a child. From this reflection I would like to add a couple of additional reasons why… |
Sequence 5basic human values through spiritual good works. Is this not the human being we desire to see as part of our future as a… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI HEAD START IMPLEMENTATION BRIEF by Alcillia Clifford and David Kahn MONTESSORI HEAD START: A COMPREHENSIVE… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI AND ASSESSMENT: SOME ISSUES OF ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REFORM by Annette M. Haines INTRODUCTION This study… |
Sequence 1COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PEACE EDUCATION APPROACHES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS by Ian Harris, PhD, and Aaron Callender Teachers in… |
Sequence 1REPORT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRIVATE MONTESSORI SCHOOL by Tim Duax, PhD A research study at an established private… |
Sequence 1UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 1TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that… |
Sequence 1WORLD MONTESSORI: RENEWAL THROUGH COOPERATION by David Kahn What is the task confronting education? It is above all the task… |
Sequence 1MARIA MONTESSORI AND THE "GLASS HOUSE" by Alan Bonsteel, MD Dr. Bonstee/' s article not only conveys… |
Sequence 2these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 4lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education… |
Sequence 5and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 9the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,… |
Sequence 1SLIDE SHOW TO INTRODUCE WHAT Is MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL? Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in Italy… |
Sequence 2Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 2society, and it is the target of a lot of the testing (including IQ testing) that goes on in the United States and around the… |
Sequence 3The first reason has to do with scholarship based on the old model. Consider the recent book The Bell Curve (Herrnstein &… |
Sequence 4The word is obviously German. Literally it would translate into English as "earth children." It is a plural… |
Sequence 6• serious farming: growing crops and animals; • selling the products for monetary gain at the nearby town market; •… |
Sequence 8Greek, ·French, Latin, science, history. High school ends with the toughest exam in one's life. Without passing it, one… |
Sequence 1THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by Camillo Grazzini Camillo Grazzini presents two charts designed by Maria Montessori to… |
Sequence 3What I propose to do today is not to repeat, or even to summarize, what has already been said by Montessorians preceding me,… |
Sequence 13adult who can work for the good of humanity and can participate in humanity's (cosmic) mission on this Earth. This is… |
Sequence 28The Italian government did not join the IBE and thereby indirectly favored the dominating influence of the Geneva group of… |
Sequence 31Nature for human development; the emphasis is found at the begin- ning of development, that is to say at birth and the first… |
Sequence 1ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE EXPERIMENT by David Kahn The catch phrase "all-day Montessori&… |
Sequence 75. Manufactured Equipment and Play Structures The primary function of most manufactured play equipment is to support gross… |
Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.… |
Sequence 3COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at… |
Sequence 20beings, the exploration of this aspect of human society, we usually identify as economic geography in our courses. Montessori… |
Sequence 6well he or she is doing. Most games, sports, artis- tic performances, and re- ligious ceremonies have well-specified goals… |
Sequence 21These results suggest that flow has important implications for teaching students in our schools. The general attitude toward… |
Sequence 24time in public or alone, and she was involved in a host of new activities. The quality of Caterina's experience had also… |
Sequence 26FLOW IN EVERYDA y LIFE There is no objective way to measure whether a person is in flow or not, comparable, let us say, to… |
Sequence 28It should be noted that this method for measuring flow is extremely liberal, relying on the same sort of generalizations one… |
Sequence 1EVOLUTION AS PHILOSOPHY AND ACTION by Judith Cunningham-Scott Judith Cunningham-Scott's survey of the spiritual and… |
Sequence 9Distinctions between school and neighborhood and community would blur as well. Anyone can perform teaching tasks and… |
Sequence 3the U.S. This poet says, "What happens is the work becomes real. It's an alternative reality that suddenly is… |
Sequence 1NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of… |
Sequence 8requires it; it requires that we dialogue. If you dialogue, you've got to be culturally salient. I think you will hear in… |
Sequence 12visitor you'd be swept off your feet when you see what's happening with children. It interests me as to what they… |
Sequence 9inventions of the scientific period, and culminated-not openly, but there was never any doubt-in the United States of America… |
Sequence 3Just so that you know why my name is so long, let me explain it and parse it to make it easier to remember. It is made up of… |
Sequence 14transmitted and becomes more and more complex. We get mortars and pestles and then stone grinding mills and all of that-just… |
Sequence 4tion of agrarianism, I will try to suggest to you, is tied to Western culture. In other words, Western culture would not have… |
Sequence 5culture, not because it failed, but because it succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. In other words, using the old Platonic… |
Sequence 15great co-ops: Sun-Maid raisin growers is a good example, though it is a cooperative that I think many years ago sold out its… |
Sequence 2"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is… |