| PSYCHOLOGY, SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
AND MONTESSORI
Reflections on Learning
Judy Shepps Battle
Psychological V aloe of Work in… |
| EDITOR
DAVID KAHN
Assistant Editors
Kathy Long
John Long
Artist
Jill Burke |
| PSYCHOLOGY,
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
AND MONTESSORI
volume eight
number one
Editorial Report:
Reflections on Learning
by… |
| II
"Maria Montessori stressed that it is a crucial function of the
teacher to act as an observant scientist in the… |
| Reflections On Learning: Notes on being a staff
psychologist in a Montessori setting
by Judy Shepps Battle
Speaking as a… |
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The answer is that any child who is seeking help from an adult will ask for it in many
ways, both indirectly and directly.… |
| Induced Feelings
A teacher can suspect an induced feeling on her part when her reaction is out of the
norm for her in terms… |
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nature of Montessori - the freedom that is offered to the child to mold his environ-
ment, to choose his own work, as… |
| Loyalty
In any group of three there is a likelihood that conflict will exist because of the odd
number and the feeling of… |
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having to juggle or choose one side is to be avoided. The only other solution is for the
teacher to be aware of her… |
| of the adults in his environment. The corollary to his principle is that the child knows
everything about the inner workings… |
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are not caused by anything that they did.
The teacher is to treat her feelings in the same way as she would treat a… |
| What is the reaction of the teacher to class regression after a holiday or vacation? By
and large she is angry that the group… |
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For the child, leaving the Montessori classroom after three or four growing years
carries with it the same progression of… |
| by getting out of school. The cure is talking, mourning, accepting, and getting on with
our work.
• • •
Montessori means… |
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the assistant so much as the increasing stubbornness that he was showing and the
almost temper tantrum quality that his… |
| I have found that his aspect of the education of the Montessori teacher has been
sorely lacking in the conventional training.… |
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"We have discussed the fact that the task of the educators is to help growing human
beings to develop. They can… |
| The Psychological Value of Work in School
by Mario M. Montessori, Jr.
Dr. Montessori utilizes the field of psychology to… |
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itself would be extremely unlikely, it would not be a human being but merely a
creature resembling a human being. It would… |
| right and also in relation to the general problems of the human personality. He sees it,
therefore, in its true complexity.… |
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which is dominant in traditional education, precludes the development of the kind of
flexible work behavior that is needed… |
| pedagogical situation. We have discussed the fact that the task of educators is to help
growing human beings to develop. They… |
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neurosis, however, has not affected the ability to work, because of the relative
autonomy of this sphere of behavior. The… |
| it is not nipped in the bud when he is a child.
Montessori gave a new orientation to work in school because she realized its… |
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"Within a group of differing ages, wide varieties in per/ orm-
ance are the order of the day. Within this general… |
| Psychoanalytic View of Multi-age Group Settings
by Lili E. Peller
Ms. Peller demonstrates by research and polemic that mufti-… |
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school has never been questioned.2 Only Lois B. Murphy has attempted a comparison
of certain features of a group with a… |
| Jeff: "Is he six?"
Teacher: "No, Richard is five."
Richard: "No, I'm six… |
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observations. Grandparents as a rule are considerably smaller than parents in our
decades. This is not only because they… |
| questioned the fact that a wider age range is more conducive to the child's emotional,
social, and intellectual… |
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magic. He became his old self again. In the afternoon he greeted his sister with
"I've been promoted. I… |
| In a homogeneous group, cooperation is mainJy on the basis of quantity: "I do this
half; you do the other half.&… |
| '1n some things Montessori can be an enormous help, but I
wouldn't want the educational process always being used as… |
| Teacher Discussion Groups:
Insight and Ref err al
Kahn-Furman Interview
David Kahn: When did you start working with… |
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at home. However, there are some children who physically separate but somehow can-
not emotionally separate. These are the… |
| difficult to effect. I think they get started in relation to a couple of things. Firstly, there
is the strength of a… |
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is a real trouble. I want the child prepared.
DK: Is the child alone with you?
BF: With a three, four or five year old,… |
| worse thing for his study problem would be to change schools. I couldn't agree with
her more and offered to talk to the… |
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Montessori teachers. Montessori teachers have a tremendously pos1t1ve attitude
toward learning. There is a respect and… |
| Introduction to The Religious Potential of the Child
"I bless you, Father ... " (Matthew 11:25)
by Sofia… |
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presentation of certain themes and that they made prolonged use of detenninate
elements of the materials. When this… |
| nor Jew, but, we believe, neither adult nor child. Before the Word of God we are all
hearers of a message that God addresses… |
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in the religious experience. Indeed, we believe that early childhood is the time of the
serene enjoyment of God, when the… |
| are illustrated as two interchangeable images; therefore Christmas and Easter are
viewed as historical events in the Good… |
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theism cannot subsist, but that religiousness (religiosita) necessarily tends to be con-
figured in a determinate religion… |
| On Being a Montessori Grandmother
by Peggy Kahn
With a touch of satire and a grain of truth. Mrs. Kahn presents her… |
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relationships. Ditto with meals and bedtimes. Now such details can be checked and
balanced to shore up the continuity of… |
| mother says can no longer be used as a reason or an excuse for what he does or fails to
do. Nor, for the most part, does the… |
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An essential link in the restoration of continuity between the generations, my son
helped to smooth out the rough places,… |
| Reorganization of AMI:
Administrators Meet at Unicoi
by John K. Long
"Let us not be limited by patterns of the past… |
| issues dominated the discussions: first, the evolving AMUUSA power structure;
second, AMI finances; third, AMI responsiveness… |
| 16,000 children. The average school has 62 children; fewer than 20 schools are twice
that size. Yet the NAMT A/ AMI mailing… |
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A Tribute to Miss Lena
The death of Miss Lena Wikamaratne on August 6, 1982
marks still another generational loss to the… |
| Personals:
Positions Available
Trained AMI ELEMENTARY teacher for 6-9
class needed for 1983-84. Our Montessori depart•
ment… |
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Needed for 83-84: AMI Elementary Teacher for a
newly-formed school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Com-
petitive salaries.… |
| Schools For Sole
Well-established. certified school in sou1hwes1ern
NY state. Full enrollment and excellent growth po·… |
| MONTESSORI TALKS TO PARENTS IS A DO.IT-YOURSELF
PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH CONVEYS MO TESSORI PRINCIPU:S.
Each senc~… |
| NAMTA Introduces New Publication
for '82-'83
MONTESSORI
TALKS TO PARENTS
EWSLETTER
In paren1 dffcvSW1nS.1opa… |
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National Montessori Media Center
Film Library
The Mcd,a C'en1cr will bcgm 10 1ake ri1m bookings for 1he following… |
| National Media Center
Media Programming
Montessori Video
Growing Up Montess;ori
Momes.sori graduates from ~ixih grade rap… |
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MEDIA IS THE THING!
NAMTA wi,hcs 10 broaden ns contributor,' base by 1nvi1ing members from acros,; the country 10… |
| NAMTA News:
New Parent Newsletter Well Received
NAMT A members received with this Quarterly a sample of an eight part series… |
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Announcements:
NAMTA Regional Workshops Winter and Spring 1983
The Child's Nature: Inside and Out
San Diego,… |
| Schedule of Events for 1983.
(Other Workshops)
February
12: AMI/USA Regional Workshop - New York City, N.Y.
Contact: Ravi… |
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