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Children Learning; Montessori in Practice
by Paula Polk Lillard
A Career In Montessori Education
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Assistant Editors
Jeanne Franklin Chery
Barbara Kahn
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MONTESSORI CAREERS
volume 11
number two
Developing The Montessori Adult
Children Learning; Montessori in Practice
by… |
| "To teach young children is to have faith in human nature
constantly rekindled"
Paula Lillard, Children… |
| Part I
DEVELOPING THE MONTESSORI ADULT
Children Learning; Montessori in Practice
by Paula Lillard
Viewing her own class in… |
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themselves. It is through exercising their wills in the classroom that they gradually
develop self-discipline and… |
| development deteriorates into socializing for socializing's sake. They seek to depend on
a charismatic leader among their… |
| interest in the world about him. I want to build this interest into a permanent response
to life. If a child ends his… |
| I follow the same reasoning in introducing written language into the environment.
Again, the children's interest is the… |
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concentration. ln a partylike atmosphere or one with a great deal of bustle and
confusion, the children respond to… |
| l try to develop flexibility. A rigid, controlling person cannot lead the children to
independence and self-disciplined… |
| A Career in Montessori Education
by Rita Schaefer
Rita Schaefer presents an objective view of Montessori career options, as… |
| Of course, not all these traits need be highly developed as one enters the field. The
work gives daily opportunity to develop… |
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teaching credential have the possibility of entering a public Montessori School. Beyond
this level are… |
| the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the arrangement of the materials, the variety
and selection of objects reflects their… |
| The occupational hazards of too much pride and anger in ones spirit are the major
personal challenges with which any educator… |
| Once a year the teacher will prepare a talk for a parents group or civic club.
Occasionally s/he will be asked to be… |
| -protection of the rights of social order
-maintenance of an attractive environment
-acting out a wide variety of work… |
| montessorian with a small "m"
an introspective journey
by Charlene S. Trochta
Charlene's long career… |
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choice must be made. They can continue to upgrade their level of meeting these needs,
i.e., attaining ever higher… |
| - being an advocate for children's rights and needs in a world that has yet to truly
understand and respect them.… |
| Goodbye Montessori
A Personal Account
by Martha Kent
At 1he Lhreshold of reriremenl. Manha Kem /akes a nostalgic look at her… |
| Photo by Ann Luce
thought, the equal inclusion of cultures everywhere brought increasing areas of
knowledge within my… |
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The usefulness of Montessori training outside of the classroom was impressive in
several ways. Ln my adjunct career as… |
| Montessori Careers
by Carol Dittberner
Ms. Diffberner"s itinerare career presents a personal evolution leading to… |
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There [ sat, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in July of 1973, and I had not yet found any
classes of my own. A… |
| Missionaries of Charity, the sisters of Mother Teresa. At every step of their
development I was wishing I'd taken the… |
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children and trying to see what is universal in their revelations to us and what still
requires more thought and study… |
| Proposal - The Montessori Atrium
by Carol Dittberner and Joan Miller
As an elaboration on the career of the Montessori… |
| and the actual place of prayer. The children's atrium is the environment between the
Church and the school. Tactile… |
| Bambino, was formed to develop materials and to continue the study of the develop-
ment of the religious potential in children… |
| "/ realize in teaching adults now as my main role that I can
reach and help even more children. Although 1 sli/1 miss… |
| INTERVIEW WITH HILDEGARD SOLZBACHER
Director or Training, AMI Montessori Institute Administrator, New World Montessori School… |
| Catholic girl's high school all at the same time. Next, 1 did all the planning,
administrating, and teaching of a new… |
| 'What kind of a human being will I be todayr How will I affect others today?' It is
these thoughts that explain why… |
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Lillard: "You said that you knew very early that you wanted to give your life to
children.… |
| Part II Career Variations
Finding the National Role: Building Potentialities
by David Kahn
In an attempt to project the… |
| milestones. Usually a school is founded by a visionary who creates a successful
classroom experience which in turn expands the… |
| setting. They need academic stimulus relative to their varying stages of professional
development. A blanket in-service… |
| "materialize" the Montessori viewpoint and to make it part of a continuing heritage
has been talked about,… |
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Organizer is a low cosl integrated computer program developed by a parent in
Virginia. Or, you may remember, some… |
| Obstacles To Learning: Recognizing and Assisting
The Middle Class Child From An Addicted Family
by Judy Shepps Batlle
The… |
| arouse in a teacher is great - and teachers have been known to get physically ill and
even choose different career options… |
| best way that children should learn.
One of the indicants that a Cooperator is present, as opposed to one for whom the… |
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The above types are the external shell within which the classroom teacher will find
the young child from an addicted… |
| guidance counsellor and evaluated.
It is then no small wonder that the Cooperator does the right thing for the wrong
reasons… |
| averages and to compute in his head how each batting average will change from day to
day if the baseball player is successful… |
| part of the same ball of secret wax. The child becomes mute. It is easier to be learning
disabled than 10 be disloyal and tell… |
| the feeling qualities that exist inside of the shell that the Space Cadet lives within.
What then are the qualities of life… |
| As curious as this may sound, the only path into the closed world of this type of
child is through the nonverbal… |
| Before looking at how the teacher is to reach the young child within the acting out
exterior let us look again at the… |
| this child?
Two conditions need to exist in order for any interventions to be made. First, the
teacher has to be able to… |
| whatever innovative means she deems necessary in order to get the child committed to
staying in the class setting and thus… |
| References
Baute. Judy Shepps: Reflections on learning: Notes of a Sraff Psychologist in a
Montessori Seuing NAMTA Journal,… |
| Montessori Syntopican: Proposal Abstract
b} Mary Boehnlein and David Kahn
To date there is no definitive chronicle of… |
| on a male dominated philosophical heritage.
The Montessori Synropicon and Annotated Bibliography of two million words will
be… |
| later studies did seek the sources of her philosophy such as Birchnell (1970) on
philosophy, Keough (1973) on receptivity to… |
| make a significant contribution to current needs. An accurate, up-to-date reference
work is needed to assist in advanced.… |
| Henson Valley Montessori Goes
The Robert Leathers Playground Way
by John R. Demore
The following feature portrays a 1101•el… |
| In August 1985 the HVMS Board of Directors decided to upgrade the existing
playground ... How should it be done?"… |
| playground. Little faces crowded all around him from time to time to ensure that their
ideas were being incorparated. By 2 pm… |
| Individual Parent-Teacher Conferences
by anc} Hildick
Ms. Hi/dicks article is straightforward and sensible. delineating the… |
| Some of these conferences are parent initiated and some are teacher initiated. Some
conferences are for conveying academic… |
| together. Let the class know you welcome the opportunity to meet with their parents.
Physical Seuing
1. A comfortable and… |
| tionship and in choosing the methods 10 be used.
9. Be aware of your emotional reactions if parents question or disagree with… |