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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 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 13all-day designs which build a more natural pace and better relation- ships between the children and the adults. Usually at… |
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 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 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 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 8Greek, ·French, Latin, science, history. High school ends with the toughest exam in one's life. Without passing it, one… |
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 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 28It should be noted that this method for measuring flow is extremely liberal, relying on the same sort of generalizations one… |
Sequence 9Distinctions between school and neighborhood and community would blur as well. Anyone can perform teaching tasks and… |
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 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 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 7understanding of the Child and promoting a new concept of education. This she did consistently and tirelessly for fifty years… |
Sequence 13Froebel, it was in the concept of "play" that he recognized human activity which brought the outer world in… |
Sequence 2THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 7ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 9It was a delight to watch Mario with children of any age, in any country, immersed in any situation. Mario could speak with… |
Sequence 13REFERENCES Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Vintage, 1962. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal… |
Sequence 11Certainly more than twenty years of the" urban compromise" in the United States represents a noteworthy… |
Sequence 13community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the… |
Sequence 24United States), a few of the more significant ones could be selected. On the basis of this documentation, it would be possible… |
Sequence 9reflection on this issue, and the CRC is a superb base document for this reflection. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S… |
Sequence 19nity for maintaining cultural continuity while working for economic development (Boulding). Some environmental educators… |
Sequence 3in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 10AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 12something about the life and times of the people. Two examples from the United States: "Old Texas." This… |
Sequence 2THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from… |
Sequence 8cooked 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 10something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 3In The Secret of Childhood, Dr. Montessori said, "The adult's envi- ronment is not a life-giving environment for… |
Sequence 2MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 4HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 23HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 25MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 121In The Secret of Childhood, Dr. Montessori said, "The adult's envi- ronment is not a life-giving environment for… |
Sequence 183something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 185cooked 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 237THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from… |
Sequence 16gain a certain wisdom. Larry refers to it as human-heartedness (the Chinese concept). So while the elementary child thinks,… |
Sequence 13The opportunity to learn and play cooperatively appears to be beneficial even for those raised in Western-style households.… |
Sequence 1MARGARET E. STEPHENSON: FOLLOWING THE CHILD ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn Margaret E. Stephenson's… |
Sequence 11the mind, incarnated in a way which would allow man to go out and come back without getting lost in the process. The tendency… |
Sequence 2THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of… |
Sequence 12The four planes of development, as recognized by Dr. Montessori, are four stages, relatively equal in length, in the formation… |
Sequence 6Finally, these youngsters would emerge with a sense of mission. They would understand the connection between personal vocation… |
Sequence 8Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 19layers with the powers of observation and the proximity of the farm, it was our hope that these areas would seek their own… |
Sequence 10Despite the hardships, Elena's engagement and self-direction were also evident five years later, although life events had… |
Sequence 11one or both arms onto something so they can use their hands to manipulate. Once they are standing, they do not want to sit… |
Sequence 1HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human… |
Sequence 1THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT IN AMERICA by David Kahn ACT ONE: IN THE BEGINNING Since the late 1970s,… |
Sequence 15PaAJ 1: 1/ie, ttf~ e~ AN OVERVIEW OF ADOLESCENCE by Phil Gang Dr. Gang's overview of adolescence provides a backdrop… |
Sequence 1to be more realistic and open with close friends, and this helps them develop a clearer sense of themselves. At the onset of… |
Sequence 6toward that. It's also important for Montessori children to understand their Montessori heritage, to understand in a… |
Sequence 18Joosten: It is a kind of in-service training for a regular institution, so not like we have the pre-primary and primary people… |
Sequence 6Insofar as the Montessori Erdkinder is in loco parentis, we must provide common moral aims for the community. And although… |
Sequence 2After the Second World War, several secondary Montessori schools were founded in Germany. In general, they followed the same… |
Sequence 8A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
Sequence 2is true that if a person blows a cylinder in a tractor right during harvest, someone will step forward. Farmers are the most… |
Sequence 182. The development of practical skills and knowledge related to geometry through applications on the land. 3. The ability to… |
Sequence 19and basic algebra. Therefore, the next stage of mathematics must use and develop this power of abstraction. The second… |
Sequence 23the first principles-definitions, postulates, and common notions. Thus, although the language can be archaic and the… |
Sequence 15THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL AS AN EXTENSION OF THE FARM SCHOOL by David Kahn and Ron Stewart This very… |
Sequence 4to work. Also with these expanded career opportunities, we experi- enced, in the United States, a great mobility of families.… |
Sequence 2logical needs, which are very close! y related to the child's biosoma tic growth. It is here that the teacher training… |
Sequence 1THE IMPACT OF THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY PROGRAM ON PRIMARY CHILDREN by Liz Hall When a Primary ( ages three to six) class… |
Sequence 1THE Goo Wtto HAs No HANDS-PART I by Peter Gebhardt-Seele The "cosmic tale" of God Who Has No Hands is put… |
Sequence 2ALIGNING CLASSROOM PRACTICE WITH TRUE MONTESSORI ESSENTIALS by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Peter Gebhardt-Seele presents his… |
Sequence 15Well, rather than going into all these details, let me just concen- trate on one important ecodesign area, and that is energy… |
Sequence 17a fuel that can be stored, so hydrogen can be piped like natural gas or oil and can be stored in cars to drive. This brings… |
Sequence 21development in ecodesign. In this second part I shall discuss the implications of all these ideas for education. I should tell… |
Sequence 4A second way nature education is problematized is through the sentiment that we should avoid nature at all costs. Many… |
Sequence 10which does not forsake nature but rather celebrates the American landscape as part and parcel of our natural heritage. Where… |
Sequence 13action-are each represented at various levels of schooling in the United States today. So too each forwards a contrasting view… |
Sequence 10time they are their grandparents' age, look like their parents do now, but not like their grandparents. In other words,… |
Sequence 114. ERDKINDER AND THE "URBAN COMl'ROMJSE" 5 I have always found it disconcerting when the adjective… |
Sequence 14Landerziehungsheime or "education homes in the country." For ex- ample, the one for youths from twelve to… |
Sequence 24Back in 1974, I suggested toMarioMontessori,Jr., that he ask those involved with the Erdkinder experiment to procure the… |