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Book Section
The Human Task
Book Title: Creative Development in the Child: The Montessori Approach
Pages: 383-391
Asia, Cosmic education, India, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori lectured in Italian during the first International Montessori Course in 1939 at Madras, India. These 75 lectures were translated into English by her son Mario, as she spoke. And were taken down near verbatim in short hand, transcribed and set into galleys overnight. One such set of proofs forms the original manuscript for this book. For the most part, each chapter in this book encompasses a single lecture. The lectures are left in the same order as they were given, swinging between psychology and the use of the materials. India’s diversity of language, social custom and religious practice enriched her research. During this time, Dr. Montessori worked with children in Madras and put into practice her theories of adapting the environment, furniture and the Practical Life materials to local conditions. In these lectures, Maria Montessori speaks with the mature wisdom of a lifetime spent studying, not just early childhood, but human development as a whole and gives a complete, wonderful and colorful overview of her pedagogy and philosophy.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2020
ISBN: 978-90-79506-52-1
Series: The Montessori Series , 24
Article
Evolving Language: From Child to Human Species
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 26, no. 2
Date: 2001
Pages: 99-119
Early childhood education, Language acquisition, Montessori method of education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Examines similarities between human evolution of language and the development of child's language, including the gradual building of sentence, the use of gestures, and the introduction of symbols. Discusses principles of human uniqueness, brain development, and the internal mechanisms for language stages, and offers conclusions similar to Montessori's psychology of language. (Author/TJQ)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
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The Relevance of Montessori Today: Meeting Human Needs, Principles to Practice
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Abstract/Notes: Proceedings of National Conference, July 25-28, 1996, Bellevue, Washington
Language: English
Published: Rochester, New York: AMI/USA, 1997
Article
The Evolutionary Story: The Human Role
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 23, no. 1
Date: 1998
Pages: 157-69
Early childhood education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Argues children are bearers of the story of the universe, on a mission to celebrate existence in the community of the universe. Finds in Montessori's philosophy the articulation of education as central in the telling of the story, and for the child to find the universal center of himself or herself with all things.
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
The Mathematical Intelligence Seen Through the Lens of the Montessori Theory of the Human Tendencies
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 21, no. 2
Date: 1996
Pages: 98-107
Cognitive development, Early childhood education, Mathematics - Achievement, Montessori method of education, Multiple intelligences, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Contextualizes the mathematical intelligence as revealed in the human tendencies, as supported by the extended family, and facilitated by choice within a responsive environment. Reviews the function of Montessori materials, including mathematical materials, and emphasizes that the personal intelligences are integral to all activities simply because the Montessori classroom is a community of children.
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Book Section
La formazione professionale alla luce della tradizione umanistica [Professional training in the light of the humanistic tradition]
Book Title: L'orientamento professionale come educazione civica: atti del 5. Congresso nazionale Montessori, Messina, 19-21 settembre 1959 [Professional guidance as civic education: proceedings of the 5th Montessori National Congress, Messina, 19-21 September 1959]
Pages: 149-163
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Language: Italian
Published: Roma, Italy: Vita dell'infanzia, 1960
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Human Solidarity in Space and Time
Book Title: La formazione dell'uomo nella ricostruzione mondiale: atti dell'8. Congresso internazionale Montessori presieduto da Maria Montessori, San Remo, 22-29 agosto 1949
Pages: 239-249
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (8th, San Remo, Italy, 22-29 August 1949), Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings
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Language: English
Published: Roma, Italy: Ente Opera Montessori, 1950
Book Section
Valore dell'infanzia nella vita dell'uomo [Value of childhood in human life]
Book Title: Convegno nazionale sull'educazione dell'infanzia: atti [National conference on childhood education: proceedings]
Pages: 14-19
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Language: Italian
Published: Roma, Italy: Ente Opera Montessori, 1953
Book
Albert Joosten and Maria Montessori: Celebrating the Human Spirit
Albert Max Joosten - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA)
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Abstract/Notes: This is a special monographic issue of the NAMTA Journal.
Language: English
Published: Cleveland, Ohio: NAMTA, 1990
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Toward an Improved Model of Education: Maria Montessori, Karl Popper, and the Evolutionary Epistemology of Human Learning
Available from: Lehigh University Library
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Abstract/Notes: Although most Americans steadfastly maintain that getting a good education guarantees a better society and opens the door to more rewarding careers, it is debated regularly whatthe best set of educational priorities and practices that constitute good schoolingshould be. Sociopolitical considerations of power and control have often driven the agendas of educational reform movements in the United States, and these agendas have typically clustered around adult priorities and ideas of how knowledge should be “transmitted” to children (Cuban, 2003, 2004; Kliebard, 1995, 2002; Perkinson, 1968, 1980, 1984; Tyack & Cuban, 1995). It is asserted in this dissertation that approaches to educational reform should instead be derived from an informed understanding of naturalistic human learning so that curricular structures and pedagogical practices start from children and work backwards in support of their intrinsic curiosity and search for regularities in the world around them...
Language: English
Published: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2012