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Official Program, Fifty-Third Annual Convention, National Education Association and Third International Congress on Education, Oakland, California, August 16 to 28, 1915 [program]
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Montessori Congress (Oakland, California, 1915), National Education Association (NEA), North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Includes information about all the sessions at the conference. Information regarding Montessori includes: 1. Katherine Moore, teacher of the Montessori classes in the public schools of Los Angeles and a graduate of the first class of Dr. Montessori, will conduct a demonstration Montessori class each forenoon [morning] from nine to twelve o'clock during the session of the National Education Association, in the Art Room, City Auditorium [Oakland Municipal Auditorium]. The model furniture will be furnishhed by Louise Brigham the inventor of box furniture, New York, N. Y. Teachers are invited to observe this class. (see p. 6-7) 2. General Sessions - International Congress on Education - Meetings in City Auditorium - August 16, 1915 - Afternoon Session, 2:30 O'Clock - "The Montessori System" by Maria Montessori (see p. 13). 3. Departmental Congress on Kindergarten Education - Sessions in Auditorium Theatre - August 17, 1915 - Afternoon Session, 2:30 O'Clock (Joint Session with the International Kindergarten Union) - "Imagination" by Maria Montessori (see p. 15). 4. Departmental Congress on Elementary Education - Sessions in City Auditorium - August 20, 1915 - Evening Session, 8:00 O'Clock - "Organization of the Intellectual Work in the School" by Maria Montessori (see p. 20). 5. Departmental Congress on Relationship Between the School and Co-operative Organizations - City Auditorium - August 23, 1915 - Evening Session, 8:00 O'Clock - "The Mother and the Child" by Maria Montessori, interpreted by Mariana Bertola, M.D. of San Francisco (see p. 25). 6. Montessori Congress - Sessions in Ballroom, Hotel Oakland - August 28, 1915 (see p. 42-43). This includes details regarding the itinerary for the Montessori Congress held in Oakland, 1915. The morning session began at 10:00 O'Clock and included: "Address of Welcome" by Philander P. Claxton (US Commissioner of Education, Washington, D.C.); "Possibilities and Opportunities of the Montessori Work for American Children" by E. L. Hardy (State Normal School, San Diego); "The Future of the Montessori School in America" by Arthur Chamberlain (Secretary, California Council of Education and California Teachers' Association, San Francisco); and "Address" by Maria Montessori. The afternoon session began at 2:00 O'Clock and included: "Round Table under the Auspices of the National Education Association and of the San Francisco Local Committee of Advisory Patrons" with David Starr Jordan (President, National Education Association, Stanford University, California) presiding over "Questions and Discussions by Leading American Educators and Dr. Montessori". The program indicates that the Round Table discussion was an invitation only affair - "Admission by Invitation".
Language: English
Published: 1915
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Thoughts of Our General Director in This International Year of the Child, the 50th Anniversary of Our Association and on the Occasion of the 19th International Montessori Congress
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1979, no. 1
Date: 1979
Pages: 1–4
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (19th, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9-13 April 1979), Mario M. Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc.
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Center for Montessori Research houses large online research bibliography
Bibliographies, Montessori method of education - Research
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Language: English
Published: May 17, 2022
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8th International Montessori Congress: Summarised Translation of the Lecture Delivered by Prof. Gustavo Colonnetti, President of the National Research Institute of Rome
Publication: The Montessori Magazine: A Quarterly Journal for Teachers, Parents and Social Workers (India), vol. 3, no. 3-4
Date: Jul/Oct 1949
Pages: 33-34
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (8th, San Remo, Italy, 22-29 August 1949)
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Language: English
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Ball for Free Schools: Montessori Association Plans Benefit for Its Work
Available from: Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Publication: New York Tribune (New York, New York)
Date: Feb 8, 1915
Pages: 5
Americas, Montessori Educational Association (USA), Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "A Mi-Carême ball will be given at the Plaza on March 11 for the benefit of the free Montessori Tenement Schools of New York. Mrs. E. Thompson Seton, of 512 Fifth av., is chairman of the finance committee of the New York Chapter of the Montessori Educational Association that is maintaining these institutions. One of the most interesting of these schools is situated in what was meant to be three tenements, south of the John Jay dwellings, at 77th st., near the East River. It consists of an office, a schoolroom, a playroom and kitchen. The schoolroom is equipped with low desks for the small children of the neighborhood and luncheon is served by the scholars themselves at a round table in the playroom. A canary and a frog are kept as pets."
Language: English
ISSN: 1941-0646
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Science for the House of Children [part 4]: Plant Life for the Montessori Child
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 16
Date: 1975
Pages: 63-65
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
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Plant Life for the Montessori Child [Part 4 of 4 of"Science for the House of Children"]
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 16
Date: 1975
Pages: 63-66
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
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Buyer Beware: Some Guidelines for Purchasing Ready-Made Classroom Materials for Science Studies
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 19, no. 1
Date: Fall 2006
Pages: 14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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The Elemenary Child: Teaching to the Spirit, Teaching for Peace, Part 1
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: May 2008
Pages: 14–18
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Language: English
Conference Paper
Material Design and Audio-Visual Narratives for Pedagogy: Theoretical Premises and Evaluation Tools for Experimenting Stop-Motion Animation as Teaching Method
Available from: International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
The European Conference on Arts, Design and Education (2022)
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Language: English
Published: Porto, Portugal: International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2022
Pages: 75-88