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Teaching Peace and Community [Beach Park School, Tampa, FL]

Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 5, no. 2

Pages: 9

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Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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Marin Montessori School Celebrates 40 Years [Corte Madera, CA]

Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 16, no. 1

Pages: 9

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Language: English

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Schoolnieuws

Available from: Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)

Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, vol. 11, no. 14

Pages: 112

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Language: Dutch

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Montessori Magnet Schools Suggest Reforms in Math, Science

Available from: Education Week

Publication: Education Week

Americas, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America

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Abstract/Notes: OXON HILL,Md.-sprawled on the floor around multi-colored mats in this otherwise conventional classroom, two children collecting materials suddenly turn their gaze to a rabbit that is loping slowly across the floor.

Language: English

ISSN: 0277-4232, 1944-8333

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Montessori Schools

Americas, Montessori method of education - History, North America, United States of America

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Abstract/Notes: The term Montessori refers to the educational method developed by Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Montessori, an Italian physician, gained world-wide recognition for an academically focused program meeting “the needs of the young child” through multi-aged groupings, constructivist curriculum, and hands-on materials. A Montessori classroom is ideally an exploratory environment with young students developing self-chosen skills through carefully controlled materials, while older students are pursuing what they want to learn and attending small group presentations across the defined curriculum areas.

Language: English

Published: 2016

Book

The SchoolHome: Rethinking Schools for Changing Families

Available from: Books to Borrow @ Internet Archive

Educational change

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Abstract/Notes: A century ago, John Dewey remarked that when home changes radically, school must change as well. With home, family, and gender roles dramatically altered in recent years, we are faced with a difficult problem: in the lives of more and more American children, no one is home. The Schoolhome proposes a solution. Drawing selectively from reform movements of the past and relating them to the unique needs of today's parents and children, Jane Martin presents a philosophy of education that is responsive to America's changed and changing realities. As more and more parents enter the workforce, the historic role of the domestic sphere in the education and development of children is drastically reduced. Consequently, Martin advocates removing the barriers between the school and the home--making school a metaphorical "home," a safe and nuturant environment that provides children with the experience of affection and connection otherwise missing or inconsistent in their lives. In this proposition, the traditional schoolhouse where children are drilled in the three Rs is transformed into a "schoolhome" where learning is animated by an ethic of social awareness. At a time when many school reformers are calling for a return to basics and lobbying for skills education and quick-fix initiatives, Martin urges us to reconsider the distinctive legacies of Dewey and Montessori and to conceive of a school that integrates the values of the home with those of social responsibility. With cultural diversity and gender equality among its explicit goals, the schoolhome expands upon Dewey's edict to educate the "whole child," seeking instead to educate all children in the culture's whole heritage. Martin eloquently challenges reformers to reclaim the founding fathers' vision of the nation as a domestic realm, and to imagine a learning environment whose curriculum and classroom practice reflect not merely an economic but a moral investment in the future of our children. More than a summons to action, this remarkable book is a call to rethink the assumptions we bring to the educational enterprise, and so, to act wisely.

Language: English

Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1992

Edition: 1st

ISBN: 978-0-674-04067-0 978-0-674-79265-4 978-0-674-79266-1

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Hindu Girls School, Delhi

Available from: ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Publication: Times of India (Mumbai, India)

Pages: 11

Asia, India, South Asia

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Language: English

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