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Article
Keys to Global Understanding: The Role of the Primary Environment
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 35, no. 3
Date: 2010
Pages: 43–57
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
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Technology and the Prepared Environment for the Third-Plane Child
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Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 41, no. 2
Date: 2016
Pages: 131-150
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Abstract/Notes: Cynthia Castiglione presents Near North Montessori School's (Chicago) adolescent community's approach to technology. Her framework begins with the needs of the adolescent for social independence, social acceptance, and social justice. Using that template, she defines seven keys or characteristics that make up the technological environment: adaptability, social, real, independent, structure, order, safety, beauty, and the role of the guide. Montessori's writings are interspersed with each area to support her orientation. A bibliography is included. [This paper was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "A Montessori Integrated Approach to Science, Mathematics, Technology, and the Environment" in Portland, OR, Mar 31-Apr 3, 2016.]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Children's House: The Prepared Environment as an Oasis
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Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1
Date: Winter 2014
Pages: 25-39
Child development, Classroom environments, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Prepared environment
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Abstract/Notes: Cheryl Ferreira vigorously pursues the Montessori principles that are implicit for preparing a classroom where "children find all that is needed to work at self-formation and to maximize their inner potential." The Montessori philosophy is precisely conveyed as Cheryl Ferreira details the specific elements and principles, both physical and social, that make a powerful prepared environment. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "The Montessori Oasis: Prepared Pathways for a Sustainable School Community," Columbia, MD, October 3-6, 2013.]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
The Natural World as Prepared Environment
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 27, no. 3
Date: 2002
Pages: 131-148
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Weaves theoretical concepts of Maria Montessori and Edith Cobb to suggest that a moral, meaningful life is influenced by early contact with nature in which adults draw children's attention to its value. Suggests that nature is the prepared environment fostering cosmic harmony and asserts that educators should provide opportunities for early encounters with nature and learning about global needs around the use and distribution of natural resources. (KB)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 28, no. 1
Date: 2003
Pages: 133-154
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Abstract/Notes: Combines insights from ecological research and Montessori theory and practice to portray the unfolding of childhood in natural places. Suggests that children's manipulation of the landscape results in optimal creative involvement. Maintains that the act of finding favorite places in all weather, combined with a positive role model, leads to lifelong appreciation, concern, and activism for the natural world. (Author/KB)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
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Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 38, no. 1
Date: 2013
Pages: 39-51
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Abstract/Notes: With delicate literary style and allusions, Louise Chawla combines her ecological research and Montessori background to portray the unfolding of childhood in natural places. Starting with "enchantment with the world" as the basis for nature education for the child under six, the article suggests that the "loose parts" in the landscape that children manipulate and use result in optimal creative involvement. The act of finding favorite places in all weather, combined with the companionship of an adult role model, leads to a lifelong appreciation, concern, and activism for the natural world. [Reprinted from "The NAMTA Journal" 28,1 (2003, Winter): 133-154. This paper was prepared for the NAMTA Conference titled "Montessori Education for Human Development: The Child and the Natural World," October 31-November 3, 2002 in Chicago, IL.]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Natural World as Prepared Environment
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1
Date: Winter 2014
Pages: 41–59
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
The Natural World as Prepared Environment
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Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1
Date: Winter 2014
Pages: 41-59
Child development, Conservation of natural resources, Early childhood education, Ecology, Montessori method of education, Natural resources, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Prepared environment
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Abstract/Notes: Louise Chawla's autobiographical beginning of this article shows the integration of her world-famous science of the environment and its relationship to early and middle childhood development as it finds its roots in Montessori education. Her academic training brought her to Edith Cobb's writing and unveiled the origins of kinship to the natural world in the developing young human. Her own exploration of nature and culture caused her to return to Montessori writings with a fresh understanding of the natural world as a prepared environment. Louise Chawla stresses that children must frequently encounter "the natural world with empathy and delight" and the prepared environment supports them as they become creative citizens of humanity. [This paper was prepared for the NAMTA Conference titled "Deschooling Montessori" January 25, 2002, in Scottsdale, AZ. Reprinted from "The NAMTA Journal" 27.3 (2002, Summer): 131-148 (see EJ661570).]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
The Roots of Environmental Concern
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 20, no. 1
Date: Winter 1995
Pages: 148-157
Cognitive development, Conservation of natural resources, Early childhood education, Ecology, Montessori method of education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Presents a conceptual model of how young children learn about the physical environment, reviewing theories concerning environmental cognition and moral development. Notes that children in developed nations receive much of their information about the environment from the media and are often exposed to conflicting viewpoints about the natural world.
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Sensory Integration and Contact with Nature: Designing Outdoor Inclusive Environments
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 34, no. 2
Date: 2009
Pages: 159–177
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Abstract/Notes: Includes specific design recommendations
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734