| Description |
xx, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Current Views Inside Montessori. 1. Montessori in America: A History / Nancy McCormick Rambusch. 2. Montessori's Writings Versus Montessori Practices / Joy Starry Turner. 3. Is There an American Montessori Model? / Ann Burke Neubert. 4. What Does Research Say About Montessori? / John Chattin-McNichols. 5. Montessori and Constructivism / Margaret Howard Loeffler -- pt. 2. Views from Outside the Montessoi Field. 6. Montessori: Social-Emotional Perspectives / David Elkind. 7. Writing Before Reading: Eighty Years Later / Carol Chomsky. 8. Montessori and Learning Disabilities / Sylvia O. Richardson. 9. Unity of Thought and Emotion in Montessori's Theory / William Crain. 10. Questions About Montessori Education Today / Lilian G. Katz. 11. Summary of Replies to Katz's Questions / David Kahn, Marlene Barron and Elizabeth L. Bronsil -- pt. 3. Montessori and Contemporary Social Problems. 12. Beyond Day Care: Full-Day Montessori for Migrant and Other Language-Minority Children / Antonia Lopez. 13. Montessori in Public Schools: Interdependence of the Culture of the School, the Context of the Classroom, and the Content of the Curriculum / Eileen Wilms Buermann. 14. Montessori and the Middle School Years / Elisabeth Johnston Coe -- pt. 4. Projections for the Future: Montessori Beyond the Year 2000. 15. Montessori and the Twenty-First Century / Marlene Barron. |
| Note |
Based on a series of papers presented at a symposium on "Montessori in Contemporary American Culture", held in Arlington, Va., in April 1990, and sponsored by the American Montessori Society. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Montessori method of education -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Loeffler, Margaret Howard, 1921-
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| ISBN |
0435087096 |
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