Montessori Today
A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
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Randye Kaye
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Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to 15 years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years.
In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method.
This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.
©1996 Paula Polk Lillard (P)2018 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill in the blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacher knew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous; others were heartbreaking; all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe, and supportive place in the classroom. When Schwartz shared her experience online, #IWishMyTeacherKnew became an immediate worldwide viral phenomenon.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth the time
- By James M George on 06-29-20
By: Kyle Schwartz
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Creative Schools
- The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
- By: Lou Aronica, Ken Robinson
- Narrated by: Ken Robinson PhD
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 553
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 546
Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization's history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nation's troubled educational system.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Answer to Why Students Stop Trying
- By Alison Sattler on 07-21-15
By: Lou Aronica, and others
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The Element
- How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
- By: Ken Robinson Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Ken Robinson Ph. D., Lou Aronica
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,952
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,497
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,490
The Element shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination. It is an essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the 21st century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Great
- By Samantha on 04-02-12
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Gifts Differing
- Understanding Personality Type
- By: Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers - with
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Like a thumbprint, personality type provides an instant snapshot of a person's uniqueness. Drawing on concepts originated by Carl Jung, this audiobook distinguishes four categories of personality styles and shows how these qualities determine the way you perceive the world and come to conclusions about what you've seen. It then explains what they mean for your success in school, at a job, in a career, and in your personal relationships.
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3 out of 5 stars
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half/half
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By: Isabel Briggs Myers, and others
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Positive Discipline Tools for Teachers
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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The positive discipline method has proved to be an invaluable resource for teachers who want to foster creative problem-solving within their students, giving them the behavioral skills they need to understand and process what they learn. Each tool is tailored specifically for the modern teacher, with examples and solutions to each and every roadblock that stands in the way of cooperative and student-centered learning.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good ideas but misleading
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Discovering Your Soul's Purpose
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
The medical clairvoyant Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) left the world a wealth of clairvoyant readings on everything from health and spirituality to psychology and past lives. Now the most significant teacher of Cayce's teachings, Mark Thurston, updates and revises his classic book, Discovering Your Soul's Purpose, to help you use the Cayce teachings in the 21st century to find greater purpose in your relationships, career, and overall mission in life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Cayce colored Parachute"
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Experience and Education
- By: John Dewey
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but too dense for audio version.
- By Jonathan Homrighausen on 08-06-13
By: John Dewey
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The Formula
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- By: Ronald F. Ferguson, Tatsha Robertson
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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In The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children, Harvard economist Ronald Ferguson, named in a New York Times profile as the foremost expert on the US educational "achievement gap," along with award-winning journalist Tatsha Robertson, reveal an intriguing blueprint for helping children from all types of backgrounds become successful adults.
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4 out of 5 stars
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would recommend
- By Marcia on 02-25-20
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Montessori from the Start
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- By: Paula Polk Lillard, Lynn Lillard Jessen
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What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of hands-on learning and self-discovery relate to the youngest infants? This authoritative and accessible book answers these and many other questions. Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's instructions for raising infants, its comprehensive exploration of the first three years incorporates the furnishings and tools she created for the care and comfort of babies.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very informative, but...
- By Mariell on 10-10-17
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The Global Achievement Gap
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- By: Tony Wagner
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Education expert Tony Wagner situates our school problems in the context of the global knowledge economy and analyzes the skills necessary for our young people to succeed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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made obsolete by 'MostLikelyToSucceed'-still great
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Not for Profit
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for Profit
- By elemarteacher on 07-21-17
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Letters to a Young Teacher
- By: Jonathan Kozol
- Narrated by: David Drummond
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first-grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca's likably irreverent questioning, also revealing his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A must read for new teachers
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Ungifted
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In Ungifted, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman - who was relegated to special education as a child - sets out to show that the way we interpret traditional metrics of intelligence is misguided. Kaufman explores the latest research in genetics and neuroscience, as well as evolutionary, developmental, social, positive, and cognitive psychology, to challenge the conventional wisdom about the childhood predictors of adult success. He reveals that there are many paths to greatness, and argues for a more holistic approach to achievement that takes into account each young person’s personal goals, individual psychology, and developmental trajectory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great content for the intellectually curious
- By ZestyFresh on 08-11-17
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On Becoming a Person
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The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of "client-centered therapy." His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. With a new introduction by Peter Kramer, this landmark book is a classic in its field and a must-listen for anyone interested in clinical psychology or personal growth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An introduction to the core humanistic issues
- By Amazon Customer on 04-08-18
By: Carl R. Rogers, and others
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- UTHEOL
- 12-23-20
Base understanding for ages 3-12 & 12-24.
Well written and well spoken. A good overview of theory and some specifics of the Montessori methods.
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- Laura Detke
- 01-28-23
Well explained overview of Montessori education
I enjoyed this book thoroughly because it combined an overview of the history, theory, practical application and future development of Montessori education. As a parent of Montessori children it gave me a clear understanding of the purpose and system that Montessori designed and which has taken hold today in the U.S.
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