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Article

Resilient Communities: An Ecological Perspective

Available from: ERIC

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1

Pages: 81-88

North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

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Abstract/Notes: Tom Wessel's view of interdependent local ecologies lays out a conceptual framework for human communities and corporations. His rich examples of biodiversity provide great metaphors for how competition and negative conditions can be transformed by natural cooperation and can lead to self-organized, self-managed natural communities that are sustained by emergent systems and can co-evolve. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "Nature and Human Development," Seattle, WA, March 10-13, 2011.]

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

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The Prepared Adult as the Key to the Montessori Approach for Indigenous Communities of Australia

Available from: AMI Montessori Digital

Publication: Montessori Articles (Montessori Australia Foundation)

Pages: 1-26

Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania

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Language: English

Article

Montessori Schools Are Communities Built on Trust, Friendship and Mutual Respect

Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 2, no. 1

Pages: 29

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Language: English

Article

Measuring Equity in Montessori Communities

Available from: MontessoriPublic

Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 3, no. 3

Pages: 3, 15

Public Montessori

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Language: English

Article

From Children's House to Adolescent Communities: Montessori Extends through High School

Available from: ISSUU

Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 24, no. 4

Pages: 6–9

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Abstract/Notes: includes photos

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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The Bridge between Happy Families and Healthy Communities

Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 23, no. 1

Pages: 32–33

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Abstract/Notes: includes photos

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Article

Montessori and the Indigenous Communities of Australia

Publication: Montessori International, vol. 82

Pages: 18–19

Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania

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Abstract/Notes: Montessori Children's Foundation

Language: English

ISSN: 1470-8647

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Breakaway Charters Roil Two Communities [Carbondale, Colorado: Charter Linked to 'Segregation'; Juneau, Alaska: Foes Criticize 'Unified' Program as 'Elitist']

Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records

Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 4

Pages: 15

Public Montessori

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Abstract/Notes: Part of a special section on No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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Creating Inclusive Communities Through Pedagogy at Three Elementary Schools

Available from: Taylor and Francis Online

Publication: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, vol. 24, no. 3

Pages: 336-356

Children with disabilities, Inclusive education

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Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2012.692696

ISSN: 0924-3453, 1744-5124

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Democratic Classroom Communities

Available from: Springer Link

Publication: Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol. 15, no. 4

Pages: 333-351

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Abstract/Notes: I explore democractic communities using the classroom community as a metaphor. I suggest that democracies do justice to individuals as well as groups, because of the democratic focus on the interconnected, interdependent, interactive relationship that exists between selves and communities. However, the concept of ‘community’ has problems and contradictions as well. Through the examples of Summerhill and Montessori schools it is easier to see a necessary quality of democratic communities that needs highlighting. That quality is caring. Making the connection between democracy and caring is what this article uniquely offers to the lively discussion on communities and selves.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/BF00368491

ISSN: 1573-191X, 0039-3746

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