| The Montessori approach is the integration of disabled and non-
disabled children in the same learning environment because Mon… |
| UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD
by Nimal Vaz
Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for
granted. At a… |
| The brilliant pioneering work by the French doctors Gaspard
ltard and his pupil, Edouard Seguin, set the stage for Montessori… |
| qualities. Special or exceptional
can refer to the condition of being
outstanding in a certain capacity.
These terms are… |
| 4. results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of
the following areas of major life activity:
a. self-care… |
| Chromosomal
Metabolic
Unknown
Hormonal
Infectious
Psychosocial
Nutritional
Hypoxic
Traumatic
• } ~ 5 '5 ! j .. .!… |
| This illustration of the concept by means of the developmental
disabilities cube provides not only a method for analyzing the… |
| Eighty-nine percent are mildly retarded, with IQs of 51 to 70.
Six percent are moderately retarded, with IQs between 36 and 50… |
| Early infantile autism is a syndrome that occurs quite early in life
and is also related to that spectrum of illnesses termed… |
| abled category is growing rapidly. The figure for 1985 is more than
twice the approximately 800,000 children who were in this… |
| tals, homes, schools-where
children who have been rescued from
dangerous environmental settings can be nurtured in safety.… |
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interacting with the environment form the personality and construct
the mind.
Sensation… |
| which level of learning is lacking and how best to approach the child. This
is the part the teacher plays as diagnostician.… |
| regular classrooms are deprived of the opportunity of helping them-
sharing space with them, learning to nurture and to assume… |
| REFERENCES
Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at learning
disabilities. New York: Pantheon Books.… |
| 164 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 20, No. 2 • Spring 1995 |
| FunmE
CHALLENGE:
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
Professional development for Montessori teachers requires more
depth and sequencing… |
| Francesca Claremont, Claude Claremont, and
teacher trainees at the Montessori Institute of Los Angeles.
166 The NAMTA Journal… |
| TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS
by Claude A. Claremont, PhD
STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME
"It's an ill wind that… |
| residence for the principals (Mr. and Mrs. Claremont), garden ameni-
ties including a large field or paddock, very suitable… |
| school. But, whatever it was, there seemed to be a concentration, an
avidity, an effortless and much enjoyed pursuit of the… |
| of organizing her training course left no time for this; hence to my
great regret we were left with nothing but a "… |
| relapsed to the more humble
position of a demonstrator
or assistant to the notable per-
son we should have been! But… |
| I do not profess to understand it. I only say that it happens. There is
no compulsion or external pressure of any kind. There… |
| I always walk straight out of the room directly after I have
finished a lecture, especially when suggestions have been made in… |
| the instructor is so anxious not to interfere with a creative moment that
he would prefer not to see it rather than run a risk… |
| But here again is a point of technique: I should either show the
whole class together how to do this, or such of them as did… |
| (for example, of geological strata), the collecting and grading of material
for use in later teaching, or practical handling… |
| is not in the textbooks. These may serve as useful starting points, and
students once interested often read the books for… |
| LECTURES
Assimilative work, generally speaking, takes not less than three
times as long as the lecture which gave rise to it… |
| able and enjoyable is the latter that second-year students begin to look
on lectures as an interruption-as
an evil, no doubt… |
| "Are you ready for more yet?"
"No," with much force.
"How many want a lecture?… |
| permitted for the students to come and practice those things for
themselves. To me it was as though a beginning had been made… |
| Startled, she replies, "I don't see her at the moment. She was here
not long ago."
"Well,… |
| With small children, the kind of work given matters enormously.
It must correspond to the inner needs of the child, which,… |
| example, I should discuss the Montessori method and its practical
working with any student who asks me, I should not discuss… |
| FuntRE
CfULI.ENGE:
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Montessorians can gain insight from the educational reform move-
ment for the simple… |
| Rexford Brown
l86 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 20, No. 2 • Spring 1995 |
| A LITERACY WORTH HAVING
by Rexford Brown
LITERACY IN THE BROADEST SENSE
At P.S.1, literacy involves reading and writing… |
| school or at home) into traditional categories of knowledge. When
students acquire their science or history knowledge this way… |
| • involve students in reading many different types of text from
many different cultures;
• stress response, interpretation,… |
| ing blocks." This will encompass many of the writers commonly
found in anthologies of American, British, and world… |
| using knowledge-in
ways and con-
texts that build and strengthen them
and the community. The best way to
learn and practice… |
| • a technological base that supports this kind of learning by
enabling students and staff to build and share knowledge bases… |
| proach the next project in order to build on their strengths, address weak-
nesses, and tackle burning questions at a more… |
| NAMTANEWS
NAMTA BIBLIOGRAPHY GOES TO PRESS
At long last, the Second Edition of The NAMT A Montessori Bibliogra-
phy has gone… |
| Seated: Dr. Mohamud Jama, Ambassador John Ritch, Marcia Perez, Charlotte Kovach
Shea. Standing: Charles Rothman, Brian Bullock… |
| NAMTA RECEIVES FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS
Thanks to the generosity of the Hershey Foundation and Nien-
huis, Inc., and in… |
| Montessori History: Cosmic Perspectives, Real Implementation cap-
tured the imagination of participants in Orlando in March. A… |
| 1995-1996 CONFERENCES ANO EVENTS
(PRELIMINARY
SCHEDULE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Cleveland, OH
July 10-28,
Study Intensive on… |
| The North American Montessori Teachers' Association
in cooperation with The Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative… |
| Roman Empire and centered in the multi-ethnic city of Alexandria. It
takes an interdisciplinary view of language, mathematics… |
| This holistic approach to understanding the parent's relationship to
the school emphasizes designs for the home… |
| David Kahn, author of A Montessori Operations Handbook, was
teaching principal at Ruffing Montessori School East (Cleveland… |
| Montessori Music: It's Music Everywhere!
Marcia Perez
Week Two (f uly 24-28)
Preschool and Elementary
Three hours… |
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APPLICATION
Name __________________________
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Home Street Address ____________________
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City/… |
| 'Housing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -7
Loyola offers two types of air-conditioned housing: efficiency and… |
| NAMTA's Montessori Adolescent Project presents
A SUMMER STUDY INTENSIVE ON THE
MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT
featuring
John… |
| PRESENTERS
John Long, director of NAMTA's Montessori Adolescent Project,
has twenty years of Montessori teaching… |
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REGISTRATION: STUDY INTENSIVE
(July 10-28; includes three-day sharing event)
Note: This course… |
| HOUSING: STUDY INTENSIVE
The Alcazar Hotel
2450 Derbyshire Road
Cleveland Heights OH 44106
(216) 321-5400
Housing for the… |
| CLASSIFIEDS
Arizona
AMI PRIMARY TEACHER 2 yrs
exper preferred. Good salary, ben-
efits & future. Must be caring,… |
| MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE
OF WOODLAND and MONTESSORI
COUNTRY DAY OF SACRAMENTO,
both owned and administered by the… |
| profit, independent,
Montessori
school, for ages 3-12, located in down-
town Wilmington, Delaware. Our
school offers a… |
| Please call Maureen Coughlan or
Patricia Thompson 617 /361-2522 or
send resume to Thacher Montessori
School, 1425 Blue Hill… |
| New Mexico
Small independent school in rural
northern New Mexico needs an enthu-
siastic Head of School starting 1995-
96.… |
| Virginia
Ghent Montessori School is accepting
applications for the position ofElemen-
ta ry Directress/Director for the… |
| MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS--
Primary and Elementary Montessori
Teachers Needed. Applications are
being accepted for the 1995-… |
| Cambodia
'The Consortium" (of World Education,
Save the Children, and World Learning)
is seeking candidates… |
| Montessori school and part of the New
Zealand state system. Applicants
must have Montessori training, AMS/
AMI preferred.… |
| The
MONTESSORI INSTITUTE
OFATIANTA
Primary Teacher Training Course
Certified by the
ASSOCIATION MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE… |
| A.M.I. MONTESSORI TEACHER TRAINING
-
,§Ml) THE MONTESSORI
'
INSTITUTE
Denver, Colorado
1995 SUMMER COURSE OFFERINGS… |
| MONTESSORI MATERIALS
Montessori materials are never chosen al random - whether for the nido (birth to one
year), infant… |
| Nienhuis Montessori ...
on the cutting edge of Educational Reform.
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Educational
reform? No easy task… |