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Sequence 8The NAMTA Journal 3 |
Sequence 9Renilde Montessori 4 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 1 • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 10WORLD ODYSSEY: REVELATIONS OF THE POSSIBLE by Renilde Montessori In eloquent style, RenildeMontessori speaks of restoring… |
Sequence 11It has been said that change is of the essence-in our courses, in our schools, in ourselves. Perhaps it is not so much… |
Sequence 12Since the death of Mario Montessori in 1982, the expansion of Montessori endeavors has grown to a frenzy of inchoate… |
Sequence 13The influence and success of Montessori education far exceeds even the worldwide recognition of the ideas of John Dewey. How… |
Sequence 14Dr. Montessori was a scientist of a competence akin to genius. It was not her desire that her pedagogy be fol- lowed… |
Sequence 15step to make the movement operational, AMI has opened a new chapter, under the name Educateurs sans Frontieres. Definition… |
Sequence 16of incalculable help to parents, social workers, child-care workers, family counselors-in short, to any person involved with… |
Sequence 17THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE Since Maria Montessori inaugurated the first Casa dei Bambini in 1907, Montessori schools have… |
Sequence 18Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the… |
Sequence 19Muriel Dwyer 14 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 1 • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 20PAST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE: A MONTESSORI GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer, whose sense of mission and single… |
Sequence 21Mario Montessori was unique in a very special way. He was highly intel- ligent, wise, naughty, and great fun. He was… |
Sequence 22The simplicity of his early years and his life with Dr. Montessori gave him a rare quality: the ability to mix and be"… |
Sequence 23He was almost alone in supporting us, and although it was never possible for him to visit the various training centers, he… |
Sequence 24So let us tum to our second cause for celebration: the coming of the third millennium. Maybe we should first listen to just a… |
Sequence 25• Some areas of the world are suffering from obesity and have children who are eating too many proteins for good health,… |
Sequence 26evening to see if anyone has written, and I really look forward to the time when all my friends are online. I keep on urging… |
Sequence 27in which they find themselves. They alone have the possibility to move from age to age in one lifetime. May I suggest that… |
Sequence 28Another important point comes to my mind. A very eminent man, Dr. John Thompson, a friend of both Mario and Dr. Montessori-who… |
Sequence 29If we are raising a generation that finds violence normal, what kind of society are we building? Certainly not one that will… |
Sequence 30• Children as young as ten or eleven being involved in rape • Ten-or eleven-year-olds taking heroin and other drugs. Another… |
Sequence 31Montessori is first about the whole development of the person-the spiritual, intellectual, and physical human being. Our… |
Sequence 32"normal" education and that "normal" children desperately needed help. If Dr. Montessori… |
Sequence 33One could go on, but, without a doubt, we must go back to basics. Montessori is first about the whole development of the… |
Sequence 34Therefore, my challenge, my invitation to all Montessorians, young and not so young, is please join us all in a reawakening, a… |
Sequence 35Remember no one can do it all alone. It is necessary to have fellow workers to help and to carry on in the future. However,… |
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 37Pearce,Joseph Chilton. Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco,… |
Sequence 38The NAMTA Journal 33 |
Sequence 39Winfried Bohm 34 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. I • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 40THE INTEGRATION OF CULTURES: THE MONTESSORI CONTRIBUTION by Winfried Bohm translated by Devan Barker In this masterful… |
Sequence 41.. . by talking about Montessori edu- cation in terms of its theoretical roots, we are not talking about something which is… |
Sequence 42natural science and the humanities, of experimental research and speculative philosophy, of realistic description of facts and… |
Sequence 431. A GLOBAL ANO COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT If we agree that Maria Montessori developed a global and compre- hensive… |
Sequence 44gathered from throughout the world were more than just a little shocked to hear her begin her speech with the honest admission… |
Sequence 45understanding of the Child and promoting a new concept of education. This she did consistently and tirelessly for fifty years… |
Sequence 46If you take the time to study the publications of Maria Montessori thoroughly and carefully, you will find confirmed on every… |
Sequence 47Here is where we come to the core of Montessori's thought. For if a per- son, that is every individual person, could… |
Sequence 48Susanne Gunkel, one of my former doctoral students, wrote a master's thesis wherein she identified four basic principles… |
Sequence 49theories of a few other great educational philosophers of a similar caliber. Please note, I am speaking of a comparison… |
Sequence 50programmed computer can be called up and printed out. This theory might seem modern to you; in reality, however, it is over… |
Sequence 51Froebel, it was in the concept of "play" that he recognized human activity which brought the outer world in… |
Sequence 52Here ismy answer, per- haps somewhat unex- pected. You should choose none of them, but should choose rather your own… |
Sequence 53With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the… |
Sequence 54Montessori, Maria. "Gott und das Kind." Trans. Helene Helm- ing. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Montessori-… |
Sequence 55Margot Waltuch, Ada Montessori, and Mario Montessori Baarn, Holland, 1963 50 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. I • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 57La Dottoressa wanted to find out more about me: the how and the why and the who and the what. Her approach to people was to… |
Sequence 58to someone. People had a context for her, and this was the first educa- tional principle I learned from her. Since my family… |
Sequence 59She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live… |
Sequence 60space surrounding our school and research center in Laren had nothing spectacular to show-just grass, a few beautiful trees, a… |
Sequence 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 62returning to India again we got married. We are very happy to be all together here now .... Dr. Montessori is much better than… |
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 64several languages. His genuine kindness attracted them all. He under- stood the immense importance of their inner power, their… |
Sequence 65we are all dedicated to continues on, for the children of this world. I quote Maria Montessori: Education must no longer be… |
Sequence 66MONTESSORI IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CHALLENGE, THE DREAM, AND THE PROMISE by Orcillia Oppenheimer The African challenge is… |
Sequence 67South Africa is the southern tip of the African continent. A country of contrasts-from the trees of the dinosaurs to the… |
Sequence 68= ,,, - ,, - Montessori Schools in Southern Africa Children in Montessori Programs Approximately 30,000 "'… |
Sequence 69It became apparent that to be successful, one had to have beautiful and extended envi- ronments-and not just to do with the… |
Sequence 70Marina Gafoor also has been involved with training at her center and has made a great impact in the child welfare world. I… |
Sequence 71Telperion Montessori School most some potted plants, but many of these are now made of plastic or synthetic, non-fading, non-… |
Sequence 72Prepare teachers through prolonged practice with observation of nature .... (Discovery 66-77) And when I talk about freedom… |
Sequence 73REFERENCES Bly, Robert. The Sibling Society. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesely, 1996. Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949… |
Sequence 74The NAMTA Journal 69 |
Sequence 75Lynne Lawrence 70 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. I • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 76PREPARING OURSELVES TO SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THE CHILD by Lynne Lawrence Lynne 1..Awrence describes the fundamental… |
Sequence 77How should we begin? Who will educate the educator? Who will give us direction? Who will guide us in our quest? There is… |
Sequence 78I remember one mother, who knew that she was no beauty, recalling how her child, on discovering that there was to be a beauty… |
Sequence 791. To learn more about what naturally motivates and guides the child. 2. To learn more about the tools we have at our… |
Sequence 80ability, the capacity to observe, can only be developed one way- through practice. When you begin to observe, your… |
Sequence 81This single fact should guide the edu- cator. What is known excites expec- tation and thereby opens the door to the unknown… |
Sequence 82This single fact should guide the educator. What is known excites expectation and thereby opens the door to the unknown. It is… |
Sequence 83ready to eat it, which was long after the other children had eaten and gone outside to the garden. Michael sewed on until the… |
Sequence 84But nevertheless, as a consequence of this capacity to wonder, new questions have formulated within us, questions that set us… |
Sequence 851. Take out the cylinders and put them back. (This presentation simply shows the child what, being an intelligent human, he or… |
Sequence 86What do we know of the child's inner world? How present is this knowledge in the everyday hustle and bustle of our work?… |
Sequence 87Think back to what you did when you first checked into your hotel room. You checked out the bed, the bathroom, the television… |
Sequence 88Let us look at the tendency for Work or Activity: All that has been achieved in both personal and world terms is the result of… |
Sequence 89What are these important sensitive periods? When did you last observe the sensitive period for order or language or sensory… |
Sequence 90It is important for us not to change the vision of Dr. Montessori by creating a reductive attitude to what we do, by focusing… |
Sequence 91Rita Schaefer Zener, PhD 86 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 1 • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 92REVISITING THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION by Rita Schaefer Zener Rita Zener' s description of normalization is from the… |
Sequence 93Why is that? Why is that-especially in the face of the importance that Dr. Montessori gave to normalization? Is it that we… |
Sequence 94NORMALIZATION AS OUR PRIMARY WORK Perhaps this conference marks the next step in our development of Montessori's ideas.… |
Sequence 95focus attention or to concentrate, clinging to an adult, and/ or extrava- gant fantasies. Normalization on Three Different… |
Sequence 96streets in Washington DC! One can hardly go anywhere without being moved into a new traffic pattern. We get there, but it… |
Sequence 97you had been there, you would have seen those four normalizing characteristics as I was taking the pictures. My camera with… |
Sequence 98a lesson you prepared and gave, new material you made-or it might be something new like a redecorating project, going on a… |
Sequence 99place where the work will take place. One prepares oneself for the activity. In the second step there is the doing of the… |
Sequence 100What Does Normalization Look Like? Now we are ready to look at the four characteristics that are a signal that the process of… |
Sequence 101this power unmistakably. They practise it daily for years. (The Absorbent Mind 217) Sociability. The fourth characteristic of… |
Sequence 102The process of normalization is similar to what Piaget calls self- initiated activity (cited in Ginsburg & Opper). It… |
Sequence 103"Beauty is attractive to children just as it is to adults." "Beauty gives the materials a sense of… |
Sequence 104contain them so that they don't do too much damage to the work of the others. It's easy to dis- count the theory… |
Sequence 105next step of our development of Montessori's ideas, where we will put normalization at the center of our practice, then… |
Sequence 106time. Most of the children of the world live out their days going back and forth between the two states of being. It requires… |
Sequence 107"I'd never thought about [attracting children to the material] as my main activity, but it really is. Everything… |