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European Roots of the First Psychology Clinic in North America
Available from: Hogrefe
Publication: European Psychologist, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: 1996
Pages: 44-50
Americas, Lightner Witmer - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Lightner Witmer (1867-1956) founded the first psychology clinic in Philadelphia 100 years ago, in March 1896. Even though he was an American, he readily acknowledged some European roots of his work. Witmer earned his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Wundt. He was encouraged by his Philadelphia mentor, James McKeen Cattell, to focus on individual differences in the tradition of Francis Galton of England. Witmer modeled his clinical interventions after the previous efforts of J.R. Pereira, J.M.G. Itard, and Edouard Seguin of France and Maria Montessori of Italy. The consequences for modern psychology of Witmer's idea that psychologists should use their knowledge to help people individually were noteworthy. Clinical psychology is today the most common psychology specialty in Europe and, indeed, in much of the world. However, Witmer's concept that clinical psychologists should be trained at the doctoral level is as yet far better accepted in North America than it is elsewhere.
Language: English
ISSN: 1016-9040, 1878-531X
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Un'associazione tra genitori: L'European Montessori Movement of Parents (EMMP)
Book Title: Montessori: Perché No? Una Pedagogia per la Crescita
Pages: 330-331
Europe, European Montessori Movement of Parents (EMMP)
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Language: Italian
Published: Milano: Franco Angeli, 2000
ISBN: 88-464-2088-8
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The European Roots of Early Childhood Education in North America
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: International Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: 1986
Pages: 6-21
Americas, Canada, Kindergarten (Froebel system of education) - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America
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Abstract/Notes: Early childhood education in North America is currently in a state of flux. While Piagetian approaches to early childhood education curricula seem to predominate in North America today, some of the influences of the other paradigms discussed below are still in evidence. The idea of nurturing children as well as educating them has endured, even with the new cognitive focus. The concept of curricula appropriate to a child’s developmental level, first introduced by Froebel, has remained an important idea. The Montessori method has enjoyed a renaissance in North America, and specially designed curricula for the disabled has been re-established as the norm, after Itard’s and Seguin’s pioneering examples. Yet, new issues in early childhood education have arisen in North America. There is a great debate on the effects of day care, the changing family, the possibility of “hurried children”, and the role of state support in a “universal” child care system. The recent Report of the task force on child care in Canada reviewed many of these issues, and used data on child care arrangements in a number of European countries compared to canada and the United States in much of its discussion. It is not surprising, given the history of models of child care which have come from Europe to North America, that North Americans are once again looking across the Atlantic for fresh ideas.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176578
ISSN: 0020-7187, 1878-4658
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Il Congresso internazionale di studio sulla stampa periodica per ragazzi
Publication: Tecnica dell'insegnare: rivista mensile di pedagogia e didattica
Date: 1950
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Language: Italian
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Un Congresso internazionale organizzato dall'Opera Nazionale Montessori
Publication: Il Maestro
Date: 1957
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (11th, Rome, Italy, 26-28 September 1957)
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0024-9696
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Voci dal Congresso, Roma 1996: Marie Louise Pasquier, presidente AMF, Parigi, Eva-Maria Ahlquist, docente universitaria, Stoccolma, Alice Renton, esperta di plurilinguismo, Colorado
Available from: Il Quaderno Montessori - Grazia Honegger Fresco
Publication: Il Quaderno Montessori, vol. 14, no. 52
Date: Winter 1996/1997
Pages: 74-89
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 2239-5326
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Voci dal Congresso, Roma 1996: Carolina Gomez del Valle, Messico
Available from: Il Quaderno Montessori - Grazia Honegger Fresco
Publication: Il Quaderno Montessori, vol. 15, no. 55-56
Date: Autumn 1997 - Winter 1998
Pages: 75-80
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 2239-5326
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Voci dal Congresso, Roma 1996: Elinor Goldschmied e il lavoro nei nidi
Available from: Il Quaderno Montessori - Grazia Honegger Fresco
Publication: Il Quaderno Montessori, vol. 14, no. 53
Date: Spring 1997
Pages: 81-98
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 2239-5326
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Voci dal Congresso, Roma 1996: Charles Lurie, Sud Africa, D'Neil e Michael Duffy, USA, Esperienze da scuole Montessori
Available from: Il Quaderno Montessori - Grazia Honegger Fresco
Publication: Il Quaderno Montessori, vol. 14, no. 54
Date: Summer 1997
Pages: 47-57
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 2239-5326
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Voci dal Congresso, Roma 1996: a colloquio con Irene Fafalios
Available from: Il Quaderno Montessori - Grazia Honegger Fresco
Publication: Il Quaderno Montessori, vol. 15, no. 59
Date: Autumn 1998
Pages: 56-62
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Abstract/Notes: Congress of the Montessori Birth Center Association, Rome, 1996.
Language: Italian
ISSN: 2239-5326