Language: Hungarian

Published: Szeged, Hungary: Ablaka G. Könyvnyomdája, 1938

Abstract/Notes: Understanding the Montessori Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Routledge, 2012

Edition: 1st

ISBN: 978-0-203-12480-2

Language: English

ISSN: 0090-4155, 1943-3352

Language: English

ISSN: 0519-0959

Abstract/Notes: The World is One Family was written to commemorate 100 years of Montessori education in New Zealand.

Language: English

Published: Nelson, New Zealand: Montessori Association of New Zealand, 2007

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 978-0-03-089584-5 0-03-089584-7

Abstract/Notes: This article investigates Rabindranath Tagore’s educational vision, which underpinned the three institutions he set up in India – Santiniketan (1901), Visva-Bharati (1921) and Sriniketan (1922). It argues that this vision is still relevant for the world of today and tomorrow, and that it should be taken into account in designing any educational model for the future. Tagore rejected the modern mechanical learning that focuses merely on cultivation of the individual’s mind, in favour of learning that encourages the creativity, imagination and moral awareness of students. He believed that education should be not for mere “success” or “progress” but for “illumination of heart” and for inculcation of a spirit of sympathy, service and self-sacrifice in the individual, so that s/he could rise above egocentrism and ethnocentrism to a state of global consciousness or worldcentrism. In pursuing this argument, I refer to Tagore’s letters, lectures, interviews and essays, both in Bengali and in English, a body of his short stories, his novel The Home and the World and his allegorical poem “Two Birds”. I also explain his awareness of the educational movements of his time in the West, and draw brief parallels with selected Western luminaries in the field, such as Plato, Montaigne, Rousseau and John Dewey. My contention is that although some may dismiss Tagore’s educational principles as “rickety sentimentalism” in a world that is palpable and real, his ideas of human fellowship, unity and creativity, and kinship for nature seem irrefutable with the rise of multiculturalism and the looming ecological crisis threatening world peace.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2015.1125441

ISSN: 1035-7823

Abstract/Notes: It is only within very recent history – the past 25 to 30 years – that neuroscience has become a force in child development and educational research, as the tools to study the brain in action have improved and become more readily available. Although neuroscience research on reading, math, and social and emotional function also has important implications for education, this chapter focuses on executive function (EF) skills because these skills play an especially foundational role in learning and because they have been particularly well studied. Basic research on EF development has provided an important foundation for interventions designed to specifically target EF skills in young children, and suggests how to structure places of education to playfully explore their environments in intentional and attentive ways, to practice reflection, and to engage in self-regulated learning. Although neuroscience is a relatively new player in early education, it has transformed people's understanding of the conditions that support learning and brain development.

Language: English

Published: New York: Routledge, 2020

ISBN: 978-0-429-46828-5

Language: English

ISSN: 0028-5048

Abstract/Notes: Includes some photos of children doing handwork in Holland and India.

Language: English

ISSN: 0571-1142