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Article
Resilient Communities: An Ecological Perspective
Available from: ERIC
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1
Date: Winter 2014
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
Article
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)
Date: 2006
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
Date: 2000
Pages: 29
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Language: English
Article
Measuring Equity in Montessori Communities
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 3, no. 3
Date: Spring 2019
Pages: 3, 15
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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
Date: Nov 2016
Pages: 6–9
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Abstract/Notes: includes photos
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Bridge between Happy Families and Healthy Communities
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 23, no. 1
Date: Nov 2014
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
Date: Jan 2007
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
Article
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
Date: Summer 2005
Pages: 15
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Abstract/Notes: Part of a special section on No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
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
Date: 2013
Pages: 336-356
Article
Democratic Classroom Communities
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol. 15, no. 4
Date: Oct 1996
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