| TRAINING, TEACHER AND PRAXIS
Training, Teacher and Praxis
by David Kahn
The Professional Montessorian:
An Examination of… |
| EDITOR
DAVID KAHN
Managing Editor
Kathy Long
Assistant Editor
John Long
Editorial Advisory Board
Herbert Ratner, M.D.… |
| TRAINING, TEACHER AND PRAXIS
volume six number three
Editorial:
Training, Teacher and Praxis
by David Kahn… |
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"Only dialogue between teacher and trainer will be able to
mitigate the tension between theory and practice.… |
| Editorial Report:
Training, The Teacher, and Praxis
By David Kahn
AMI training must address the whole Montessori picture,… |
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conservative pressures for skills in the private school market. And with the private
school rush for alternative elementary… |
| other great ladies and great gentlemen coming along too. Don't rule them out because
their name isn't Montessori.… |
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and pressures of the practicing teacher and the developing educational community at
large.
Montessori training needs to… |
| The Professional Montessorian:
An Examination of Conscience
By Charlene S. Trochta
Ms. Trochta encourages the invaluable… |
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effort in relation to the compensation received, either of salary or personal recognition.
Why do I want to work with… |
| toward self-improvement. He reflects at the end of each day on problems that arose as
to his role in either contributing to… |
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above that are tangible and personal to the individual as well as intangible to the
movement or field in general.
Am I a… |
| an organized effort as a member of a professional group, she attempts to influence such
legislation or contribute to the… |
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The Professional Development of the Montessori Teacher
by Elizabeth Hall
This talk was given at The First International… |
| What could be clearer and simpler? However, in the context of daily living with
children we are confronted with the many… |
| Other important areas of involvement for the novice Montessori teacher include the
following:
I. Planning, so he/she is ready… |
| colleagues. If we become ingrown, these relationships tend to suffer. It's important that
we each make efforts to… |
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"The need of the child in the Space Age is just that - space.
He needs his own space, his own grounding, and his… |
| The Genesis of a Montessori Trainer
By Rita Schaefer
The University of Portland has accepted the Primary AMI Teacher Training… |
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myself into training because somebody told me about them.
That day I bought The Absorbent Mind and E. M. Standing's… |
| The Contrast /965-1977
I worked fifteen months more with Mrs. Hanrath to complete my AMI training. We
began again at the… |
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What is the resolution? This was just the conflict that Dr. Montessori was talking
about where everybody lost.
Yes,… |
| themselves and bring it out during the two years of the course. Through learning how
to observe many were able to see their… |
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There were similarities to be found as I moved into an administrative position at the
Montessori Education Center/Oregon.… |
| It did matter a great deal how one presented the material. l was seeing the
impQrtance on a deeper level however. The changes… |
| kind of a problem to be solved once and for all, we miss the point.
Each child who comes in is the fine distinction. Each… |
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The emphasis of the teacher training process should not be
merely on the mastery of the material or only the initial… |
| A Continuing Exploration In Montessori Teacher Training
By Lakshivi A. Kripalani
Ms. Kripalani speaks of her early contact… |
| and be fond of; someone with whom I could share my concerns and feelings. I came
across average teachers but my thirst for… |
| We got 50 children on the first day. Some of the students of my previous school
rather than proceed with further education,… |
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By the time this training was over, plans for Dr. Montessori's arrival were finalized.
It was as if she suddenly… |
| This opened up further insights for me. It once again confirmed that when inner
needs of humanity are met, even the most… |
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of letting them express themselves freely ... The teacher must remove her
apparatus from the school and take away the… |
| • To provide the trainee with support and the clinical evaluation as one faces
each hurdle day by day in the initial stage and… |
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"It was a very impressionistic conference and from such do
new visions of the world come. "
Mario &… |
| Report from Atlanta
by Marsha Kleis
The mere notice of an AMI National Study Conference - Adolescence: An Ex-
ploration -… |
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Friday morning's program was opened with remarks by Phil Gang, who has been a
part of the research toward an… |
| She was joined by Joseph Hamilton who is currently the director of the program at
the Montessori Junior-Senior High School in… |
| to center on the need for the ability to adapt. The pattern of thought that emerged was
profound. Ors. Bremer and Salzmann… |
| The final session included summary comments and a very heartfelt statement by
Mary Raudonis, trainer, teacher and long… |
| Feature:
The First Campout
by Jim Roberts
Jim Roberts has contributed the definitive campout manifesto, demonstrating a… |
| camping, I thought of the trips as nature study excursions, and did the camping part in
the easiest possible way. Only… |
| assisted on several overnights and he assured me he could hanc!Je the tents, etc., so I
decided to give it a try. It worked… |
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Helping the children learn to roll their own sleeping bags is complicated by the fact
that many sleeping bags are designed… |
| The extended clay children will go home at 12:00 Friday, to rest and prepare for the
trip. They will return to school at 3:00… |
| - No matter how warm the bag, there needs to be a pad to insulate the child
from the cold ground. A foam camping pad is best,… |
| chiggers), and Avon Skin So Soft (for gnats). After the bite, we use Preparation Hon
itches, and Adolph's Meat Tenderizer… |
| Adults on the trip
For safety's sake, I always have at least two adults on any trip away from school. If
there are too… |
| photo by Don lhme
rambling through the woods, then it makes sense to have along someone who is. Still,
however, your trip wiU… |
| I figure on these quantities per person:
2½ hot dogs and buns; I ear of corn; I½ eggs; I cup yogurt; then I add
several… |
| The adult stacks aU the sticks together and I make it clear to the children that they
must not touch them until I tell them to… |
| the ear from burning. When I think the corn may be ready, I drag one out of the fire
and check it; if it isn't ready, I… |
| you have. I would especially appreciate hearing from anyone who uses the suggestions
in this article as a guide.
I hope that… |
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Curriculum Review:
Handwriting and Spelling for Primary and Elementary Classes
by Martha Kent
Ms. Kent emphasizes that… |
| handwriting. A teacher is the first to perceive a fine motor problem and proper
handwriting instruction can often correct it.… |
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2. Introduce at least six letters at a time. Complete the lower case alphabet first.
Always make the presentation… |
| ready for a notebook by next week." is a p0werful stimulus to improve
handwriting.
2. Plan a spelling program for… |
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Spelling Rules
Spelling rules do not tell how to spell a word but only confirm the spelling. The
correct spelling must be… |
| NAMTA News:
Directory -
Extras!
The 1981 NAMTA DIRECTORY is still available now. It offers
the most complete listing to… |
| NAMTA News:
NAMTA AND AMI-USA CREATE NEW TEACHER REVIEW PROGRAM
NAMT A and AMI-USA are embarking on a new collaboration… |
| MONTESSORI TALKS TO PARENTS IS A DO-IT-YOURSELF
PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH CONVEYS MONTESSORI PRINCIPLES.
Each series… |
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National MonteHorl Media Center - Part II
Film Library
The Media Center will begin to take lllm bookings for the… |
| REGISTRATION AND FILM ORDER FORM
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| MONTESSORI IN SOUTH AFRICA
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