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Sequence 1Robert Muller: Thoughts of Peace (Speech - excerpts - Atlanta. April, 1985) You have asked me to speak about peace,… |
Sequence 4!I I children and trying to see what is universal in their revelations to us and what still requires more thought and study… |
Sequence 3'What kind of a human being will I be todayr How will I affect others today?' It is these thoughts that explain why… |
Sequence 1Montessori Syntopican: Proposal Abstract b} Mary Boehnlein and David Kahn To date there is no definitive chronicle of… |
Sequence 2on a male dominated philosophical heritage. The Montessori Synropicon and Annotated Bibliography of two million words will be… |
Sequence 5October specially prepared cnvironment, one in which he could make his own discoverics and arrive at concepts throughhis… |
Sequence 29Very often young people approach their academic work in a complex manner when, in reality, the tasks are relatively simple.… |
Sequence 32of individual worth as an adult rests upon the acquisition of competence in a work role during adolescence. A sense of… |
Sequence 5MONTESSORI, POVERTY, AND THE SPECIAL CHILD by Jon R. Osterkorn, Ph.D. With wit and substance, Dr. Osterkorn exposes the… |
Sequence 7the widening gulf between affluent and improverished people, and the diversion of societal resources to military expenditures… |
Sequence 18this experiment with children so impoverished that two of them did not even have homes, but slept at night with their mother… |
Sequence 43• Montessori trained and certified teachers and administrators representing both the Association Montessori Internationale… |
Sequence 4440 nation's first attempt to involve parents in the education deci- sion-making process. • Preschool Parents… |
Sequence 51RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOUS MONTESSORI PROGRAM by Joseph A. Fairbanks Red Cloud Indian School is located on the Pine Ridge… |
Sequence 99country's and state's histories. American leaders of the 19th century believed that no nation could survive, let… |
Sequence 107ent cultures. This experience can help to diminish prejudice and cultural stereotyping by establishing personal relationships… |
Sequence 15love, patience, and individual bonding with the children needed to be there because the adolescent was in a sense… |
Sequence 20issues. Comer (1984) showed that this involvement reduces parents' misunderstanding about and distrust of school programs… |
Sequence 60by producing dysfunction in the very delicately interrelated hormonal system of the body that The Pill accomplishes its task.… |
Sequence 70That deity, of course, is none other than Mother Nature, whose domain, the universe, is intended for the happiness of its… |
Sequence 74'Aquinas, T. $1<1111110 Theologica. Thinl Part (Suppl.) Q. 4!l, a.:{. Reprinted in Ci,il<l a11d Frrmily. 16… |
Sequence 125bond. If we can work together to liberate the child from a type of education that is stuck in a quagmfre of old belief systems… |
Sequence 126EDITORIAL: AMI MONTESSORI: BACK TO THE FUTURE By David Kahn We are in the turmoil of becoming. And as one undergoes the… |
Sequence 134even included a cookbook of the recipes served. The ratings were universally positive for both cuisine and pedagogy. Ow·… |
Sequence 138CHICAGO, ILLINOIS April 15-17, 1988 MAC-NAMTA CONFERENCE PRINCIPLES OF STAFF DYNAMICS This conference will be particularly… |
Sequence 11stand. They would bring this back and take another which contained other pictures to which to apply other names. Experience… |
Sequence 67If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than just arouse his interest… |
Sequence 88have little to do with science for science's sake, but rather is an expres- sion of a philosophical view which in turn… |
Sequence 94This not to abandon the scientific rigors of the material to be pre- sented to the child. Montessori is quite clear in that… |
Sequence 133easy for him to make the bed each morning. A small Pinocchio hat rack held his pajamas and his outdoor coat. A large piece of… |
Sequence 144NORTH CAROLINA Montessori teachers needed for pre- school and elementary classes summer- /fall '88. Please send resume… |
Sequence 147--f;: .. - . ----:i~;,,•w•- ~....,DaCATION FOR THE 21ST CENT(JR AMI ill hold an International Study Conference ngton, D.C… |
Sequence 6credentials. Thirty-eight percent reflected either random multi-age groupings or no multi-age groupings. Indeed, without… |
Sequence 8CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book is to analyze research on the Montessori method of education and its effects… |
Sequence 20essential principles, and which he believed were an improvement over her materials. These materials are not described, however… |
Sequence 21This study is interesting because it is the only research in the liter- ature which specifies Montessori materials by age-… |
Sequence 34Fair" Picture Vocabulary Test for intellectual functioning; d) the Cin- cinnati Autonomy Battery (CAB) by Banta which… |
Sequence 73CHAPTERS OTHER STUDIES OF MONTESSORI CHILDREN OF MIDDLE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS This section reviews a variety of studies of… |
Sequence 86The children were from middle income families and were restricted to four-year-olds attending school for the first time and… |
Sequence 124At least three public school systems have now instituted full pre- school programs for children ages three- to six-years-of-… |
Sequence 20cient, not relying on servants to do everything for them. They want their children to become responsible leaders who can… |
Sequence 74New Montessori Scholarship__; THE ACQUISITION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE THE NEBULA HYPOTHESIS by Annette Haines ThefoUowi:ng two… |
Sequence 97ENGLAND El.ementary in England. The first 3 Ele- mentary Schools in England are opening in autumn 1989. Unique opportunity… |
Sequence 26friendship that results from sharing a noble human good. From this social learning community (referred to by Robert M.… |
Sequence 33Elements of the Definition of Class Discussion I. An interchange between students, not primarily between stu- dents and… |
Sequence 47What is powerful-the most powerful link in Montessori work-is the integration of science and myth-for here within the story of… |
Sequence 85Evolution and Creation: Do We Have to Choose? by Ernan McMullin Ernan McMullin's analysis of the "creation… |
Sequence 117SCHOOL FOR SALE Sonoma, California. One primary class- room school 3-6. Solid reputation in 9th yr. Complete class and play… |
Sequence 35Childhood constructs with what it finds. If the material is poor, the construc- tion is also poo1: As far as civilization is… |
Sequence 653. Follow up each answer with a further question which itself has more than one answer. 4. A class discussion ideally has a… |
Sequence 70"The readings we used were numerous and of great variety: fairy tales, short stories, anecdotes, novels, historical… |
Sequence 93the whole man completely for manhood. Manliness implied the training of hand, head and heart. The pw-pose of education is not… |
Sequence 101THE THREAD OF LIFE by Monique Baudet PREFACE by Dr. R. Callee The thread of life: if it holds, it takes on a shape of its… |
Sequence 134charge as the last journal for that membership year. For more information, contact David Kahn at (216) 371-1566. ANNOUNCING… |
Sequence 59we can virtually watch them incarnating the environment), and with other humans. From three to six, we help the child's… |
Sequence 64complex civilizations that the Mexican philosopher and educator Jose Vasconcelos dubbed them "the cosmic race.&… |
Sequence 75MONTESSORI EDUCATION AND CHILDREN PLACED AT RISK OF SCHOOL FAILURE by Christopher Harris Mr. Harris' short but… |
Sequence 81SCHOOLING AND THOUGHTFULNESS by Rexford Brown Mr. Brown 8 view of restructuring American educai:ion is a tacit request for… |
Sequence 116Elementary teacher needed for well-established, fully equipped 6 to 9 classroom. School owned and operated by AMI directress… |
Sequence 31It is then clear to me that the instant start-up of toddler programs throughout the United States may be well-intentioned, but… |
Sequence 107(developmentally speaking), who want more information about child development in order to offer more effective parenting… |
Sequence 1181. The movement area is equipped with a thin covered mattress with kiosks and bars the babies use for pulling up - there may… |
Sequence 126surrounding Geauga County indicate that affordable, convenient, qual- ity day care is a critical concern for area parents… |
Sequence 8ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal… |
Sequence 52THE HAND IN EDUCATION a971) by A. M. Joosten One aspect of Montessori educatwn that sets it apart from some other… |
Sequence 63the impression that after a while nothing "new" is seen. Deeper pene- tration and more discoveries require… |
Sequence 72KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:… |
Sequence 75where he sees only the sky. This is the difference between Montessori and normal education. I don't think Montessori will… |
Sequence 90torture approach" exemplified by bulletins that "educate" working- poor and linguistically… |
Sequence 121The Erdkinder Committee, formed December ·s, 1990, discussed three different sites - Conneeticut, Ohio, and Oregon - for… |
Sequence 131r-------------------------------- - - correlations to occur between the disciplines of anthropology, history, geography,… |
Sequence 139Week Fi,ve: July 29 to August 2, 1991 THE AWAKENING OF A NEW PHIWSOPHICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Education for the Individual This… |
Sequence 9media acclaim, but was subsequently suppressed by American educators until Montessori schools all but disappeared by 1923.… |
Sequence 16Brown's search for the Holy Grail of thoughcfulness in school settings involved hours of interviews and detailed case… |
Sequence 39the prevention task to the schools. This is madness! What we need is a reform movement with a better sense of where we are… |
Sequence 65WHOLE L\NGUAGF.: A WHOLE EDUCATIONAL REFoRM by Yetta M. Goodman and Kenneth S. Goodman Citing the progressive movement of… |
Sequence 72builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,… |
Sequence 79• Enables all Americans to panicipate fully and intelligently in making sound personal, social, and political decisions… |
Sequence 92methods of such ingenuity to their offspring. Thinking began in earnest with the teaching of chinking. As a result, our… |
Sequence 110stand that you can't teach biology or anything else unless you're a philosopher. So those are some examples. I could… |
Sequence 115of the school districrs we studied in the United States was committed to fostering, on a wide scale, the kinds of activities… |
Sequence 148partnership provided support for people to implement those things in those schools. We have tried to work on the collaborative… |
Sequence 169Ass~MEN'f AND REFORM by Ramsay Selden The "right kind of assessment, " asserts Ramsay Selden, can… |
Sequence 171she and her students would look better. This has not achieved a meaningful improvement in instruction or achievement. Those… |
Sequence 172cognitive reading skills than had been possible with multiple choice-type tests. NAEP is going in that direction in science,… |
Sequence 13We could cooperatively establish a curriculum using as a guide the student's goals, interests, and needs. Coming out of a… |
Sequence 15prepare the adolescent by continuing the Montessori emphasis on the inte- grated process of personality and learning based in… |
Sequence 22"Man," said Maria Montessori, "is overcome with hatred and does not obey the laws of nature. Nobler… |
Sequence 43Like the God of Genesis, creation theology looks at che whole of creation and sees chat it is good. Traditional Christianity,… |
Sequence 44A theology which makes redemption its primary theme will have a vested interest in man's sin and weakness, fur if these… |
Sequence 46MO~ORI AND THE BAHA'f FAITH* by Barbara Hacker The life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952), scientist and… |
Sequence 54process for the spirit of the child. The words of'Abdu'I-Baha come co mind in this regard: Therefore must th.e… |
Sequence 86which we have now come in constructing our scale of character states is thus concerned with decision or choice respecting both… |
Sequence 54Another activity for writing practice is ro search through all the sand- paper lerrei:s co find those char start with the same… |
Sequence 70books are not enough. Mario Montessori Sr. reminded us of this when he noted how difficult it is to help children understand… |
Sequence 85kitchen help, which makes che school a place where our children can grow spirirually. A loving atcicude must pervade the… |
Sequence 103NEEDS OF THE ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILD MONTESSORI PRINCIPLES, STRATEGIES, AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS by Rajendra K.… |
Sequence 141THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum… |
Sequence 145occupation and Montessori refers to as work of the land. Dr. Montessori writes: ... therefore work on the land is an… |
Sequence 150viva] of the fittest demands, safeguarding tradition in order to under- stand how co achieve social and technical skills… |