Abstract/Notes: This study asks: What is it like for Montessori children, ages 11-12, to experience a current and integral approach to cosmology via the author's original Timeline of Light Curriculum? Based on the cosmological principles detailed in Swimme and Berry's The Universe Story (Swimme &Berry, 1992) the 08 December 2012 Page 5 of 14 ProQuest curriculum is integral and multidisciplinary: art, music, movement, experiment, mathematics, geometry, prose, and poetry are all employed. The children's work is used as the phenomenological data for a subsequent hermeneutic (thematic interpretation). Three themes emerge from the work: the affective ground, the creation of a metaphoric Cosmos, and identity. The affective ground is described as the ground of feeling that sets the tone for both subsequent feelings and the creation of the metaphoric cosmos. The metaphoric cosmos is the creative interpretation of both each individual child and the group. That creation is fostered by the exercises presented in the lessons. This thematic relies heavily on the expanded definitions of metaphor as defined by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), and Samples' (1993). The study also describes an emergent theme of expanded personal identity resultant from the metaphoric ways the children described their experiences throughout their studies.

Language: English

Published: San Francisco, California, 2000

Abstract/Notes: Brings religion and natural science into a new whole, as the basis of religious trust and faith. Characterizes religion as mediating between nature and the individual, and provides examples from the major religious traditions. Explains the challenge of knowing the universe by linking the inner self with the natural world. (Author/SD)

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040