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Sequence 197There are probably other aspects of children's relationship to nature that differ from those of adults and could lead… |
Sequence 198Anyone who has seen children stoning crabs on a beach or burning cigarettes into frogs knows that contact with nature alone is… |
Sequence 199Unfortunately, educators usually as- sign children to work on environmen- tal projects rather than involving them in… |
Sequence 200enjoyment of natural environments close to home-wild commonlands, gardens, ponds, city farms, or schoolgrounds, ideally with… |
Sequence 201physical improvement. As long as the children feel that adults will listen to their conclusions and engage in a dialogue, the… |
Sequence 202network with other groups or to raise environmental awareness and mobilize others, including those in positions of power. In… |
Sequence 203A further argument for emphasizing local environmental research by children is that genuine ecological understanding involves… |
Sequence 204to which they can expect to have access; long-distance expeditions and national and international conferences must remain the… |
Sequence 205nity for maintaining cultural continuity while working for economic development (Boulding). Some environmental educators… |
Sequence 206research and planning, building upon the personal knowledge of all participants in a neighborhood setting where both groups… |
Sequence 207Anyone planning to involve children in a community participation project should be prepared to answer such questions as… |
Sequence 208For some observers of education, the fact that community issues are always political and full of conflict leads them to… |
Sequence 209REFERENCES Alston, P., ed. The Best Interests of the Child: Reconciling Culture and Human Rights. Florence, Italy:… |
Sequence 210Hart, R., & L. Chawla. The Development of Children's Concern for the Environment. Zeitschrift fur Umelweltpolitik… |
Sequence 211Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 212The NAMTA Journal 207 |
Sequence 213Edward Warburton 208 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 1 • Winter /999 |
Sequence 214MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE by Edward Warburton Givingduecredit toMontessori'sholisticeducation,… |
Sequence 215Howard Gardner's work and the present state of his Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which debunks traditional notions of… |
Sequence 216What does the Meno tell us? The Meno tells us about Socrates' visit to his friend Menon. On this visit, he has a… |
Sequence 217Descartes' exclamation •1 think therefore I am• leaves little space in the classroom for the physical world or the… |
Sequence 218Locke is followed a century later by Kant, who combines Locke's environmental influence with innate ideas of time and… |
Sequence 219These philosophers believed that symbols, not simply nature or nur- ture, were the sine qua non of how we come to know in this… |
Sequence 220how we come to know, we just need to figure out the code. Did you hear me mention children, emotional dimensions,… |
Sequence 221PRESENT My colleague, Bruce Torff at Hofstra University, likes to say that the theory of multiple intelligences changes the… |
Sequence 222it in his 1995 keynote address to this very group, "Ml validates what one sees good teachers doing every day: looking… |
Sequence 223methods on our income tax forms. Scientists, accountants, lawyers all exemplify logical/ mathematical intelligence. Ability… |
Sequence 224Interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence combine to make up the personal intelligences, the intelligence of the social… |
Sequence 225this child showing me?" and you ask the child what he or she likes to do. My nephew attends a Montessori preschool.… |
Sequence 226misinterprets the theory, forc- ing children into one-dimen- sional tasks and misleading labels, like "Naomi is a… |
Sequence 227Answer: Intelligence-fair assessment engages the core components of particular intelligences. The idea is to create rich… |
Sequence 228encode (write) multiple forms of representation creates opportunities for activating, developing, and refining our minds. We… |
Sequence 229224 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 1 • Winter 1999 |
Sequence 230STORY UPON STORY by Kathleen Allen Kathleen Allen demonstrates what it means to be a II storyteller of the truth."… |
Sequence 231We fire the imagination with stories, carefully chosen, intriguingly told. As our syllabus is the Universe, we can go… |
Sequence 232String is so important and so powerful thatit may have been the unseen tool that allowed the human race to make leaps of… |
Sequence 233follow the interests of the children and our own interests, too. We must be readers, scholars, "storytellers of the… |
Sequence 234woman in Europe. Eleanor looked to King Louis for help and he offered his sixteen-year-old son, also Louis, to become her… |
Sequence 235the wife of two kings and later was to become the mother of two kings. For some years, Eleanor and Henry were content. They… |
Sequence 236This biographical piece also serves as modeling, showing the children how a story of someone's life could be told, not… |
Sequence 237As the teacher, you do not have to be an expert, to know everything about everything, but you must prepare yourself. To pass… |
Sequence 238to help match a child's interest to the right resource. Get the children reading non-fiction as well as fiction, because… |
Sequence 239THE MAGDEBURG EXPERIMENT Jn the seventeenth century, a German engineer and scientist named Otto von Guericke had been… |
Sequence 240the plungers. Recreating this experiment in a simple form helps bring the story to life ina way that just hearing it can'… |
Sequence 241can you tell about how different a Latin-speaking mind was? We are so used to a particular order in our sentences, called… |
Sequence 242In Maria Montessori' s lifetime, the cosmic importance of the bacte- ria was not known. We now know that the story of… |
Sequence 243other bacteria, whether they are related or not. This is very handy if certain bacteria need to become resistant to some… |
Sequence 244It is important to help the children see how the span of our human story relates to an ordinary lifetime. Here is a very short… |
Sequence 245student's preferred form, such as a scrapbook, a story, an annotated photo album, or a timeline. Since writing these… |
Sequence 246Conqueror's army. Some children have found they were related to someone famous or even, in one case, to each other! As… |
Sequence 247two great-great-great-grandparents, and so on until you get to the "eighteen greats" level, where you have… |
Sequence 248Hakim, Joy. "Reading, Writing, and ... History." History Mat- ters! (May 1996): 19 pars. 1 Dec. 1998 <… |
Sequence 249MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
Sequence 250phenomenon have more disas- trous effects than in education. Teachers have the best inten- tions, but best intentions kill… |
Sequence 251The attitude of the regular teacher is entirely different. She teaches something. The results she wishes to obtain are results… |
Sequence 252She characterizes the "old- fashioned type of professor" as having a "high desk upon a plat- form… |
Sequence 253Montessori provides her audience with the example of Koch, "the discoverer of the bacterium of tuberculosis,"… |
Sequence 254Montessori provides her audience with a character sketch of this 11 new teacher": The more such a teacher "… |
Sequence 255After all, when adults become accus- tomed to control the learning envi- ronment through word means, whether verbal or… |
Sequence 256through verbal presentation, so they presumed that learning occurred through external verbal transfer to the child as learner… |
Sequence 257Montessori limits the "new" teacher to telling the child" only that which is necessary and the… |
Sequence 258birth of new life. "The personality of the mother," she observes, "is characterized by this: with… |
Sequence 259NAMTANEWS MULTI-THEME CONFERENCES ATTRACT Gooo ATTENDANCE Nearly 160 attended Discovering the Child's True Nature, NAMT… |
Sequence 260Pedagogy for the Planet: From Childhood to Adolescence (Baltimore, November 5-8) linked the adolescent quest for Erdkinder to… |
Sequence 261culminate in a book featuring the model school design, principles of Montessori architecture, and documentation of existing… |
Sequence 262by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker and David Kahn in this Journal issue). He reported on the project to the AMI Pedagogical Committee in… |
Sequence 263ADMINISTRATORS' HANDBOOK STILL IN PROCESS Those of you who were members in the 1997-98 membership year were promised and… |
Sequence 264CLASSIFIEDS Arizona Good Earth Montessori Charter School is looking for an AMI trained elementary teacher for the 1999-… |
Sequence 265ence in a Montessori school. Our new Program Manager will hold an AMI diploma, a B.A., and have five years teaching… |
Sequence 266The Montessori Training Center of St. Louis Primary Teacher Training (ages 3-6) . authentic and contemporary . achievable… |
Sequence 267Montessori programs. We are lo- cated in the small city ofEmeryville on the east side of San Francisco Bay. Interested… |
Sequence 268(Donna)/831-455-1546 (Adrii) 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE, a well-established San Francisco preschool… |
Sequence 269The Montessori Institute of San Diego offers AMI Primary Teacher Training Program September to June English and Spanish… |
Sequence 270loyola college in maryland Master's of Education (M.Ed.) In Montessori E'4lcatlon Incorporating AMI Teacher… |
Sequence 271at your earliest convenience: 935 San Andres, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, phone: 805-966-7701, fax: 805-966-9612, e-mail:… |
Sequence 272Montessori Discovery School seeks an AMS / AMI trained el- ementary teacher to accept tp.e chal- lenges of guiding an… |
Sequence 273~ Authentic, complete, contemporary ~ Montessori Teacher Training Assistants to In£ ancy: Ages 0-3 Director: Judith Orion… |
Sequence 274proactive attitude in the areas of fundraising and marketing; and demonstrated leadership in Board relations and fiscal… |
Sequence 275·~-:~'-r 23rd --~; International Montessori Congress CANCUN MEXICO 23-26 JULY 1999 " Maria Montessori… |
Sequence 276The MONTESSORI INSTITUTE OF ATLANTA Primary Teacher Training Course Certified by the ASSOCIATION MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE… |
Sequence 277as well as personal and profes- sional leave constitutes a competi- tive benefits package. If you are interested in a teach… |
Sequence 278Ohio Montessori Training Institute at Computer Associates International Inc., Long Island NY • AMI Primary Training ( ages… |
Sequence 279Please forward a letter of inter- est and a resume to AGBMS; 2020 East Camp McDonald Road; Mount Prospect, IL 60056, or fax… |
Sequence 280e Montessori Institute OF MILWAUKEE, INC. 3195 S. Superior St. • Suite L 428 • Milwaukee, WI 53207 414-481-5050 • Fax 414-… |
Sequence 281http:/ /www.msgl.org. Please send cover letter and resume to: MSGL Search Committee, PO Box 2311, West Lafayette, IN 47996… |
Sequence 282VMS is also accepting resumes for an Educational Director. The position entails directing a pri- mary class in the mornings… |
Sequence 283Competitive salary and benefits are offered. Please send your re- sume to: Michelle B. Murrain c / o Charlotte Preparatory… |
Sequence 284school and the positions offered. We invite your telephone, written, or email inquiry at: Mark Fish, Executive Director… |
Sequence 285teacher to start a new class. In ad- dition, we are looking for an AMI certified primary and/ or elemen- tary teacher and a… |
Sequence 286Ontario. Send resume to Rosa Piccirillo, 300 Chesterton Road, Rochester, New York 14626 or call (716) 227-4830 or home (716… |
Sequence 287around the school, eventually en- compassing infancy to Erdkinder. Immediate need for a primary teacher. Contact: Anna Marie… |
Sequence 288located on a gracious eight-acre campus in Dallas, Texas. We'd like to know more about you if: this advertisement… |
Sequence 289Virginia Teach in one of the best loca- tions in the country! We are look- ing for dynamic, energetic, Montessori-certified… |
Sequence 29023507, 757-622-8174 or e-mail: gms@norfolk.infi.net. Washington Established non-profit Mon- tessori school seeks… |
Sequence 291bonus offered. Currently have 8 classrooms taught by AMI-certi- fied teachers and are ready to ex- pand to meet the growing… |
Sequence 292Heartland Community School, River Falls, WI is seeking AMI- trained applicants at all levels for school serving children 2… |
Sequence 293Tel:310-542-4097. E-mail: cedickerson@earthlink.net. Canada Having developed a curriculum of richness and depth by… |
Sequence 294Soon-to-be master degreed teacher, experienced with: organic farming, wetlands ecological res- toration, community building… |
Sequence 295DisplaySchool, Apocalypse Technologies, Inc., 2600 Newby Road, Suite D, Huntsville, AL 35805-4273. The full version of… |
Sequence 296MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Inspiring Conferences Coming Your Way. .. NAMTA Conferences March 11-13, 1999, Dallas, Texas… |