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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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could make the children silent and yet claim freedom. The age-old misconceptions of freedom and discipline surfaced for…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 02 Normalization

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So the character traits that we call virtues spring up spontaneously. We cannot teach this kind of morality to children of…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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educationalese all have a purpose. But in my estimation they represent exercises in minutiae-the kind of minutiae that…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…
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of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity…
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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…
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contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you…
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Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 06 The Unconscious in History

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Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 04 The Casa Dei Bambini: Paths to Culture

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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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Montessori, Maria. "Child's Instinct to Work [Lecture, London, 1939]." AMI Communications (1973, #4): 6…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then…
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The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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Koch, S., & D. Leary, eds. A Century of Psychology as Scie11ce. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Lerner, R. 011 the…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional…

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ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE…
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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 09 Process Writing: Finding Flow in Adolescent Self-Expression

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Graves, Donald. "Making Meaning Clear: The Logic of Revision." Journal of Basic Writing (1981, Fall/Winter…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 05 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent

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REFERENCES Suber, Martin. Between Man and Man. New York: Macmillan, 1978. Suber, Martin. I and Thou. New York: Scribner…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much…
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road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when…
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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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Erikson, E. H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958. Gardner, H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment

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trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of…
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Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 08 Philosophy, Psychology, and Educational Goals for the Montessori Adolescent, Ages Twelve to Fifteen

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• feeling of usefulness and an understanding of one's "many sided powers of adaptation" (Montessori,…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 04 Redefining Who We Are: The Work of Learning Community Facing Adolescents/Facing Ourselves

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REFERENCES Joosten, A.M. Learning From the Child. Amsterdam: Asso- ciation Montessori lnternationale, n.d. Reprinted from…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 08 On the Subject of Subjects

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This clear separation would help communication both within the adult Montessori community and also with the world at large.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 11 Contrasting Land and Water Forms: The Method in Practice

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Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia, 1956.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 17 My Tribute to Mario Montessori

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…
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Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia, 1956.…
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This clear separation would help communication both within the adult Montessori community and also with the world at large.…
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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 07 Moral Formation on the Second Plane: Nurturing and Hindering

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esteem emerge within the child. We know that the child's referring to herself and taking action is going to depend very…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 10 The Adolescent and the Family: Love and Limits

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computer I cell phone ban. She and her father jokingly referred to the period of withdrawal that she experienced from her…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 12 The Great River

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THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 01 Montessori: Intelligence and the Human Spirit

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common goals that introduce real responsibilities at a younger and younger age. One may ask if this conversation is concrete…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 12 Montessori Without Borders

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Montessori, Maria. The Child, Society and the World: Unpub- lished Speeches and Writings. 1979. Trans. Caroline Juler &…
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CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 13 Concretizing Cosmic Education in India: A Montessori Historical Account

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House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational…
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classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as…
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about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and…
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Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more…
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and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern…
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children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was…
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opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for…
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Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which…
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Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris…
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attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y…
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found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no…
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switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite…
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between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about…
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-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a…
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On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic…
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Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 04 Extending the Syllabus without Distortion

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I return to the main question: Can the syllabus be applied in other settings? If we know what the intent is, we certainly can…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 07 Occupation Projects, the Micro-Economy, and Student Managers: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents

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also diplomatically handles complaints about menus and the balanc- ing of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food options. The…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 08 Socialization of Farm Partnerships

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we should set forth large challenges whose fulfillment requires both the commitment and development of the individual and of…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 09 Science Study for the Erdkinder: Philosophical Considerations

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years of creativity, experimentation, study, and refinement. That's where we are now in the adolescent work-guided by…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 12 "The School where the Children Live"

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of the day students as well. Though they were sometimes not the majority in terms of numbers, the boarding students were…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 14 Montessori Theory: Valorization

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REFERENCES Grazzini, Camillo. "The Four Planes of Development." The Child, the Family, the Future. AMI…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 21 When Is It Time to Grow up? Contrasting the Needs and Characteristics of the Twelve- to Fifteen-Year-Old…

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The adolescent project continues, as does the path of human development. Montessori says, "The intimate vocation of…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 23 Staffing the Montessori High School: What's So Special about the Specialist?

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REFERENCES Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford: Clio, 1988. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 24 A History/Discovery Approach to Mathematics

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tion in the years ahead, of this we are certain. We eagerly anticipate meeting people (practitioners and adolescents) who will…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 25 Comprehensive Health and Well-Being for the Montessori High School

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understand how something moves from one part to the next, e.g., the flow of digested material through the digestive system or…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 26 The High School, Noble Characteristics, and Peace

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1. For a successful closing of circles and the opening of new ones. 2. For them to have the necessary energy and vitality to…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 27 The Montessori Potential at the Grove School

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Montessori, Maxia. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. A.M. Joosten. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clio, 1996. Stephenson,…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 29 History – In General and in Particular – An Initial Look at Maria Montessori in a Classical Context

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Emily Dickinson captures the experience of a teacher desperately attempting to encounter the human potential in each child at…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 32 The Third international Adolescent Colloquium: A Response from the Documenter

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REFERENCES Montessori,Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford: Clio, 1988. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 05 Ten Montessori Ideas That Convert Parents to the Child's Point of View

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• They will be lifelong learners because they enjoy what they do and learn in order to envision. • They will be socialized…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 05 The Original Principles of The Silent Journey

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,…
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Montessori, Maria. The Secret oJC!,i/dlwod. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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An Auspicious Beginning Small images from top to bottom: Dr. Montessori meeting children in Kotohena with the first…
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Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences "The eye that sees and the hand that obeys:• South Africa, 2006 Dramar:ic…
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Discovering the Universal Child (India) Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed Gujarati educator…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 01 Montessori: Pathways to Education Reform, 1907-2007

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On October 28, 1931, Mahatma Gandhi told Maria Montessori in a speech at the Montessori training college in London: You have…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 06 Towards a Theory of Knowledge Framework for a Montessori High School

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Kahn, David. "Montessori Erdkinder: The Social Evolution of the Little Community." Tile NAMTA journal 31.l…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 09 Overcoming Cynicism and Cultivating Positive Adolescent Engagement

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Louv, Richard. LnstChildi11 the Woods. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2006. Maslow, Abraham. The Fnrther Renches of H11111n11…

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