Loeffler Margaret Howard (edited by)

Montessori in contemporary American culture

Portsmouth, Heinemann

1992

- XX, 298 p., ill., 23 cm.

Serie di relazioni presentate al Simposio dallo stesso tit. tenutosi ad Arlington, aprile 1990, e sponsorizzato dall'American Montessori Society

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English

United States of America

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Indice: CURRENT VIEWS INSIDE MONTESSORI: Montessori in America: a history; Montessori's writings versus Montessori practices; Is there an american Montessori model?; What does research say about Montessori?; Montessori and constructivism -- VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE MONTESSORI FIELD: Montessori: social-emotional perspectives; Writing before reading: eighty years later; Montessori and learning disabilities; Unity of thought and emotion in Montessori's theory; Questions about Montessori education today; Summary of replies to Katz's questions -- MONTESSORI AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS: Beyond day care: full-day Montessori for migrant and other language-minority children; Montessori in public schools: interdependence of the culture of the school, the context of the classroom, and the content of the curriculum; Montessori and the middle school years -- PROJECTION FOR THE FUTURE: MONTESSORI BEYOND THE YEAR 2000: Montessori and the twenty-first century