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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface | |
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The Origin and Theory of Montessori Education | |
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Goal of Montessori Education | |
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Historical Background | |
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Planes of Development | |
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Human Tendencies of Behavior | |
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Activity Based on Interest | |
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A Plan of Education | |
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Overview of the Primary Years | |
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Goal of the Primary Years | |
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Sensitive Periods | |
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Absorbent Mind | |
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Hand and Brain | |
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Education Begins at Birth | |
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Infant Classes | |
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Young Children's Community | |
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Parent Education | |
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Children's House | |
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Sensorial Materials | |
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Language and Mathematics Material | |
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Social Development | |
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Normalization | |
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The Child's Work | |
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Changes at the Second Plane | |
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Physical Changes | |
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Intellectual Curiosity | |
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Independence from Family | |
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Social Exploration | |
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A Reasoning Mind | |
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Moral Development | |
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Powers of Imagination | |
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A New Plan | |
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The Great Lessons and Key Lessons | |
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A Plan for the Imagination and Reason | |
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Keys to the Universe | |
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The Five Major Stories | |
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The First Great Lesson | |
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The Remaining Great Lessons | |
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A Sample Great Lesson | |
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Team Effort and Discovery | |
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The Key Lessons | |
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A Sample Key Lesson | |
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The Results of Cosmic Education | |
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The Classroom Environment | |
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The Prepared Environment | |
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The Classroom as Workshop | |
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The Montessori Materials | |
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A Sample Presentation | |
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Prepared Children | |
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The Elementary Teacher | |
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The Prepared Adult | |
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Moral Development | |
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The Teacher as Link | |
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Social Grouping | |
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Non-Interruption | |
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Teacher Qualifications and Training | |
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Freedom and Responsibility | |
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A Classroom "Bill of Rights" | |
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Journal Keeping | |
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Individual Meetings | |
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Care of the Environment | |
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An Expanded Environment | |
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Community Service Program | |
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Why Montessori in the Elementary Years | |
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Scenes from an Elementary Classroom | |
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A Morning Visit | |
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A Meeting with the Elementary Teacher | |
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The Beginning of a Classroom Day | |
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The End of the Classroom Day | |
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The Planes of Adulthood | |
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History of the Adolescent Program | |
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Psychological Characteristics at the Third Plane | |
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Activity Based an Interest | |
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The Prepared Environment | |
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Academic Program | |
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Flexibility of Schedule | |
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Human Social Organization | |
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The Value of Work | |
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Advantages of a Residential Setting | |
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The Prepared Adult | |
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Freedom with Responsibility | |
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Montessori Secondary Schools Today | |
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Results of Montessori Middle Schools | |
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The Fourth Plane: The Years from Eighteen to Twenty-Four | |
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Montessori: Present and Future | |
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Appendix: A Student's Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |