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Sequence 151REPORT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRIVATE MONTESSORI SCHOOL by Tim Duax, PhD A research study at an established private… |
Sequence 173TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that… |
Sequence 221Virginia Ghent Montessori School is accepting applications for the position ofElemen- ta ry Directress/Director for the… |
Sequence 18cation was perhaps best summarized by Anna Freud, daughter of the founder of modern psychiatry, when she wrote: In a Casadei… |
Sequence 98to such narrow limits that it was quite useless in helping us to solve our social and international problems." This… |
Sequence 55established in 1974 and has 4 Casa classes (with Extended Day) and 1 Toddler class. We are a parent-run school, with an AMI… |
Sequence 32Ceci, S.J., & Liker, J. (1987). IQ and reasoning complexity: The role of experience.Journal of Experimental Psychology… |
Sequence 49REFERENCES Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of mind (2nd ed.) New York: Basic Books. (Original work published 1983) Hermstein, R… |
Sequence 55Praxis refers to the different uses of words. Praxis involves aware- ness of different parts of speech, for example,open the… |
Sequence 56They are preoccupied with the mechanical side of teaching the children to read and write and do not take the intelligent… |
Sequence 62At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain… |
Sequence 69CONCLUSION Thus far we have looked at two intelligences and their relation- ship to the Montessori materials. We have looked… |
Sequence 156gether. If they could function so beautifully in an environment de- signed for their psychological characteristics, could the… |
Sequence 161took on individual tasks-shoveling, hoeing, raking-and sometimes they, doing their individually chosen tasks, ended up working… |
Sequence 164One other factor to mention briefly is the quality of parent- adolescent interaction that I saw and heard about after two… |
Sequence 165singing, dancing, and storytelling that people did not only as they worked but also when the work was finished. I saw… |
Sequence 182When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'… |
Sequence 212dren. She serves as a catalyst to the children's own explora- tions, not as an authority on specific subject matter.… |
Sequence 214THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by Camillo Grazzini Camillo Grazzini presents two charts designed by Maria Montessori to… |
Sequence 239MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (… |
Sequence 271rural community near Chesapeake Bay. AMS or AMI certification re- quired. Experience required. Call Carol Frieden 804/693-… |
Sequence 8their shelves, place a few toys and mats in the middle of the room, and establish a day care unit for babysitting during the… |
Sequence 170England The South London Montessori School. Head Teacher Required. An AMI trained (age 3-12) Montessori Head Teacher… |
Sequence 21Development" 1 and more detail in From Childhood to Adolescence (French first edition 1948). What were the… |
Sequence 46COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at… |
Sequence 50is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 121Egan, K. (1987). Literacy and the oral foundations of educa- tion. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 445-472. Egan, K. (1989).… |
Sequence 166To-day, however, I wish to speak of the adult and of man's psychological structure, as the child has revealed it to us.… |
Sequence 179Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers… |
Sequence 226work with group of committed par- ents. Start in Sept 97 /Jan 98 initially to work with current Children's House pupils… |
Sequence 23and discovery. When I did that, it worked like magic. Their interest took off. What was interesting to me was that if there… |
Sequence 280One of the things that is producing this tumult, the first, is why did I agree to do this? At first I imagined, if Maria… |
Sequence 376main Road, Whakatane, New Zealand, Fax 07 3070491, EMAIL- sprouts@wa ve.co.nz. United Kingdom ENGLAND: Vacancy for Elemen… |
Sequence 10when the teacher observes the child's adaptation to the modern world, the educator becomes educated by just how the… |
Sequence 13A taxi driver who brought her back home one day did not want to accept the fare. "You are Dr. Montessori, aren't… |
Sequence 70London, England MONTESSORI AND THE DEEPER FREEDOM by Mario M. Montessori and Claude A. Claremont I am inclined to think that… |
Sequence 87Advanced Course, London, 1957-58. Mario Montessori is seated in canter of front row. Muriel Dwyer: far left, front row.… |
Sequence 88London, England THE CHILD BEFORE SEVEN YEARS OF AGE THE CHILD AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF AGE and WHAT CHILDREN TAUGHT DR.… |
Sequence 21Mario Montessori was unique in a very special way. He was highly intel- ligent, wise, naughty, and great fun. He was… |
Sequence 23He was almost alone in supporting us, and although it was never possible for him to visit the various training centers, he… |
Sequence 31Montessori is first about the whole development of the person-the spiritual, intellectual, and physical human being. Our… |
Sequence 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 67South Africa is the southern tip of the African continent. A country of contrasts-from the trees of the dinosaurs to the… |
Sequence 123REFERENCES Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Vintage, 1962. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal… |
Sequence 144Montessori also speaks of the environment in a more inclusive sense when she speaks of a trinity made up of the child, the… |
Sequence 167In other words, what is needed now is a single integrated plan, both for each component aspect of the Erdkinder community and… |
Sequence 262by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker and David Kahn in this Journal issue). He reported on the project to the AMI Pedagogical Committee in… |
Sequence 278Ohio Montessori Training Institute at Computer Associates International Inc., Long Island NY • AMI Primary Training ( ages… |
Sequence 291bonus offered. Currently have 8 classrooms taught by AMI-certi- fied teachers and are ready to ex- pand to meet the growing… |
Sequence 292Heartland Community School, River Falls, WI is seeking AMI- trained applicants at all levels for school serving children 2… |
Sequence 298NEW NAMTA VIDEOS Now available in USA NAMTAis proudtopresent thevideo Montessori in Action: Learning for Life for the first… |
Sequence 8center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 25DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 2) by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro presents an intellectual view… |
Sequence 60Guardini, Romano. Sacred Signs. Trans. Elinor C. Briefs. Westminster, MO: Newman Press, 1955. Jung, C. G. The Symbolic Life.… |
Sequence 65the child from scholastic slavery nor, even more, from annoy- ing results. The same Froebe I, whose education of children was… |
Sequence 208SPOKANE, WASHINGTON- NOW HIRING FOR SEPTEMBER 1999! Need qualified Montessori certified elementary teacher. Com- petitive… |
Sequence 211Needs to be mature, well edu- cated, AMI qualified 3-6 & 6-12, with leadership experience. The school employs two… |
Sequence 22If you can't look him straight in the eye. He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest, For he's with… |
Sequence 73MONTESSORI AND Music by Elise Braun Barnett With the sense of discovery characteristic of a first-generation Mon tessorian,… |
Sequence 74Children do not listen in the so-called "grown-up manner," sitting quietly. They like to move with music.… |
Sequence 121Research on animals indicates that when an animal is quiet after a period of exploration, many cells in the critical region… |
Sequence 123this afternoon. Montessori suggested that children concentrate when they focus their attention, their energies, on a single… |
Sequence 124Now this is a posi- tive idea. Montessori's psychology (unlike the prevailing paradigm based on disease, test- ing,… |
Sequence 125hearts (131). This was in 1949. It is just as true-perhaps truer-in 1999, fifty years later! Our job as educators is to aid… |
Sequence 126Montessori, Maria. The Discovery of the Child. 1948. Trans. S. J. Costelloe. New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. Montessori,… |
Sequence 142Light Expanding, Radiant Rushing, Giving, Receiving It burns in all of us, The Giver REFERENCES Cajete, Greg. Look to the… |
Sequence 164Orcas Island Teacher/ Director Orcas Montessori School seeks a talented head teacher/ director with at least three years… |
Sequence 53REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,… |
Sequence 57But turning the matter over in my mind, I realized that the magic that drew me first to Montessori almost forty years ago is… |
Sequence 60Watching a three-year-old repeating a difficult-for him or her- exercise over and over again, the student observer sees… |
Sequence 61essence of Montessori, who in a variety of ways contributed to make Montessori a dynamic force in education here and around… |
Sequence 64something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 106NURTURING THE RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY THROUGH PRACTICAL LIFE by Joen Bettmann Joen Bettmann 's depiction of Practical Life… |
Sequence 128their doors and connected with endangered animals and ecosystems around the globe through electronic media" (3). But… |
Sequence 148Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.… |
Sequence 194serviceable in other aspects. I have often found a remarkable improve- ment in children's performance from the moment… |
Sequence 197REFERENCES Montessori, Maria." Advice to Teachers." Montessori Notes [publication ofThe Montessori Society… |
Sequence 274being accepted for the 2000-2001 school year for all levels, primary, lower elementary, upper elementary and adolescent (3… |
Sequence 275400 students in a mid-size commu- nity, just 2 hours from Toronto, Canada. Salaries are competitive with private schools in… |
Sequence 62Montessori, Maria. "Child's Instinct to Work [Lecture, London, 1939]." AMI Communications (1973, #4): 6… |
Sequence 83This documented history was so absorbing that the chil- dren became entirely possessed by the situations. They started… |
Sequence 86The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then… |
Sequence 96[Interview with Donald Brownlee]. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune February 5, 2000. Jaynes, Julian. The Origin of Consciousness in… |
Sequence 177gence; it also shows us how society itself-culture-became part of the dynamic process of selection. HENRY PLOTKIN'S… |
Sequence 187Language and the Bra.in. New York: Norton, 1997. Donald, Merlin. Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of… |
Sequence 197in homes characterized by a rational rather than punitive approach to discipline. Their parents, compared with those of other… |
Sequence 208Kohn, Alfie. No Contest: The Case Against Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Landes, William M., & Richard… |
Sequence 215as much as six hundred dollars for the chance to come here to work very hard. But these critics were wrong: Many young people… |
Sequence 216blue loggia of the house and discussed the week's work. They were frank and had a good talk and there was always a treat… |
Sequence 219reflect a changing pattern of colored light. People As in any community, it took turns piecing sheets, for we could find no… |
Sequence 270Montessori curriculum and peda- gogy. The district strongly supports Montessori education. All class- rooms have a full… |
Sequence 6MARGARET E. STEPHENSON: FOLLOWING THE CHILD ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn Margaret E. Stephenson's… |
Sequence 7Montessori Institute of Milwaukee. Miss Stephenson now lives in England, where she is an AMI lecturer, examiner, and trainer… |
Sequence 9Mario M. Montessori, late 1960s 1957 Advanced (Elementary) Course, London. Mario Montessori is fourth from left in front row… |
Sequence 26materials and took their spiritual territory with them to the countries they visited for materials. Where these visitors went… |
Sequence 50REMINISCENCES AND THOUGHTS ABOUT MONTESSORI DAY CARE by Margaret E. Stephenson I'd like to start off by saying that I… |
Sequence 58COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Cosmic Education is, in a way, what we have been leading up to all these days,… |
Sequence 59impulse towards work." 1 She had noticed that impulse in the work of that first group of children she was asked to… |
Sequence 96THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of… |
Sequence 122stressed that education for adolescents should address the fact that this is the time when the child matures and becomes a… |