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Sequence 181Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 186In 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 19all-day designs which build a more natural pace and better relation- ships between the children and the adults. Usually at… |
Sequence 57FUTURE CHALLENGE: THE NATllRAL WORLD Outdoor experiences play a critical role in meeting the needs of the whole school and… |
Sequence 111MONTESSORI HEAD START IMPLEMENTATION BRIEF by Alcillia Clifford and David Kahn MONTESSORI HEAD START: A COMPREHENSIVE… |
Sequence 122MONTESSORI AND ASSESSMENT: SOME ISSUES OF ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REFORM by Annette M. Haines INTRODUCTION This study… |
Sequence 139COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PEACE EDUCATION APPROACHES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS by Ian Harris, PhD, and Aaron Callender Teachers in… |
Sequence 155The Montessori approach is the integration of disabled and non- disabled children in the same learning environment because Mon… |
Sequence 156UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 173TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that… |
Sequence 7WORLD MONTESSORI: RENEWAL THROUGH COOPERATION by David Kahn What is the task confronting education? It is above all the task… |
Sequence 11PART I MONTESSORI IN AMERICA SAN FRANCISCO, 1915 August, 1995, marks the 125th anniversary of Maria Montessori' s… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 16lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 107the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,… |
Sequence 27Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 38society, 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 39The first reason has to do with scholarship based on the old model. Consider the recent book The Bell Curve (Herrnstein &… |
Sequence 84Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence. New York: Bantam Books. Montessori, M. (1994). The absorbent mind. Oxford: Clio… |
Sequence 150Greek, ·French, Latin, science, history. High school ends with the toughest exam in one's life. Without passing it, one… |
Sequence 6ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE EXPERIMENT by David Kahn The catch phrase "all-day Montessori&… |
Sequence 1085. Manufactured Equipment and Play Structures The primary function of most manufactured play equipment is to support gross… |
Sequence 44COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.… |
Sequence 143These results suggest that flow has important implications for teaching students in our schools. The general attitude toward… |
Sequence 146time in public or alone, and she was involved in a host of new activities. The quality of Caterina's experience had also… |
Sequence 150It should be noted that this method for measuring flow is extremely liberal, relying on the same sort of generalizations one… |
Sequence 203Distinctions between school and neighborhood and community would blur as well. Anyone can perform teaching tasks and… |
Sequence 266free housing, health insurance, bo- nus, R/T tickets, vacation and sick leave. Year round opening. Any inter- ested party is… |
Sequence 220area is ranked among the best places in the nation to live and do business. Durham ("City of Medicine," USA… |
Sequence 4PREFACE The Adolescent Colloquium was planned by the Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative about six months before it… |
Sequence 35sense of ownership of the place. Therefore, she questioned the possibility of a national model using children drawn from all… |
Sequence 134requires it; it requires that we dialogue. If you dialogue, you've got to be culturally salient. I think you will hear in… |
Sequence 152inventions of the scientific period, and culminated-not openly, but there was never any doubt-in the United States of America… |
Sequence 211Just 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 222transmitted and becomes more and more complex. We get mortars and pestles and then stone grinding mills and all of that-just… |
Sequence 276great 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 340Wolf's survey is a resource which will provide a variety of starters for conversations and classroom techniques about… |
Sequence 351organization of story, logic, and truth, which comes to the inevitable realization that to serve is to balance one's… |
Sequence 364settings and is currently enrolled in the Elementary training course would be preferred. Competitive salary and benefits.… |
Sequence 36us listen to the words of Maria Montessori, for she is reminding us that if we can do what we have just been saying, We find… |
Sequence 45understanding of the Child and promoting a new concept of education. This she did consistently and tirelessly for fifty years… |
Sequence 51Froebel, it was in the concept of "play" that he recognized human activity which brought the outer world in… |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 63It was a delight to watch Mario with children of any age, in any country, immersed in any situation. Mario could speak with… |
Sequence 123REFERENCES Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Vintage, 1962. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal… |
Sequence 148Certainly more than twenty years of the" urban compromise" in the United States represents a noteworthy… |
Sequence 150community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the… |
Sequence 161United States), a few of the more significant ones could be selected. On the basis of this documentation, it would be possible… |
Sequence 191Many would argue that on the question of protection of children this is too strong a statement and that in many cases children… |
Sequence 195reflection on this issue, and the CRC is a superb base document for this reflection. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S… |
Sequence 205nity for maintaining cultural continuity while working for economic development (Boulding). Some environmental educators… |
Sequence 287around the school, eventually en- compassing infancy to Erdkinder. Immediate need for a primary teacher. Contact: Anna Marie… |
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 12in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 41AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 203should be motivated to work with a diverse, mostly low income group of families, and also be excited about the challenges… |
Sequence 93something about the life and times of the people. Two examples from the United States: "Old Texas." This… |
Sequence 162Wooster, a progressive rural com- munity of approx. 26,000 is the county seat of Wayne County, approx.105,000. The beautiful… |
Sequence 163school is committed to maintaining beautiful, fully equipped classrooms. The building is architecturally strik- ing and was… |
Sequence 10THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from… |
Sequence 62cooked supper for all seven of us. The others washed up so the cook could retreat to her album work. By the time we arrived,… |
Sequence 64something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 126In The Secret of Childhood, Dr. Montessori said, "The adult's envi- ronment is not a life-giving environment for… |
Sequence 222MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 224HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 113gain a certain wisdom. Larry refers to it as human-heartedness (the Chinese concept). So while the elementary child thinks,… |
Sequence 200The opportunity to learn and play cooperatively appears to be beneficial even for those raised in Western-style households.… |
Sequence 269Please send/fax or e-mail your resumeto: Skinner Montessori School 400EastEvergreenBoulevard#112 Vancouver, WA 98660 1-800… |
Sequence 272England Montessori Elementary Directress Wanted in North London, England. We are an established AMI Montessori school in… |
Sequence 4ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I NAMTA is grateful to Renilde Montessori an1 the Association Montessori Internationale for permissio•n to… |
Sequence 6MARGARET E. STEPHENSON: FOLLOWING THE CHILD ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn Margaret E. Stephenson's… |
Sequence 19the mind, incarnated in a way which would allow man to go out and come back without getting lost in the process. The tendency… |
Sequence 96THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of… |
Sequence 106The four planes of development, as recognized by Dr. Montessori, are four stages, relatively equal in length, in the formation… |
Sequence 139Teachers in Connecticut are the highest paid teachers in the United States with excellent benefits. Qualified Applicants… |
Sequence 11Finally, these youngsters would emerge with a sense of mission. They would understand the connection between personal vocation… |
Sequence 13Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 117layers with the powers of observation and the proximity of the farm, it was our hope that these areas would seek their own… |
Sequence 137Despite the hardships, Elena's engagement and self-direction were also evident five years later, although life events had… |
Sequence 183one or both arms onto something so they can use their hands to manipulate. Once they are standing, they do not want to sit… |
Sequence 206Connected Studies: • MTEC Erdkinder Study Project for the Third Plane of Develop- ment; Montessori Education and Optimal… |
Sequence 211IN MEMORIAM SISTER MARY JACINTA SHAY, R.S.M. DECEMBER 31, 2000 I wish I could have told Sister Jacinta goodbye in person.… |
Sequence 246Plus The ori9fnaf Montessori Material Kaybee's Favorites Collection including: Wooden Grammar Symbols INFANT /Toct… |
Sequence 90HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human… |
Sequence 9THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT IN AMERICA by David Kahn ACT ONE: IN THE BEGINNING Since the late 1970s,… |
Sequence 21that is to bring the developing human through optimal prepared environments for every stage of development. The Farm School is… |
Sequence 23PaAJ 1: 1/ie, ttf~ e~ AN OVERVIEW OF ADOLESCENCE by Phil Gang Dr. Gang's overview of adolescence provides a backdrop… |
Sequence 31to be more realistic and open with close friends, and this helps them develop a clearer sense of themselves. At the onset of… |
Sequence 101CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY compiled by John Long Almost every Montessori secondary… |
Sequence 115toward that. It's also important for Montessori children to understand their Montessori heritage, to understand in a… |
Sequence 233Joosten: It is a kind of in-service training for a regular institution, so not like we have the pre-primary and primary people… |
Sequence 267The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the… |
Sequence 272Insofar as the Montessori Erdkinder is in loco parentis, we must provide common moral aims for the community. And although… |
Sequence 280After the Second World War, several secondary Montessori schools were founded in Germany. In general, they followed the same… |
Sequence 298A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
Sequence 373is true that if a person blows a cylinder in a tractor right during harvest, someone will step forward. Farmers are the most… |
Sequence 4932. The development of practical skills and knowledge related to geometry through applications on the land. 3. The ability to… |