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The absorbent mind / Maria Montessori ; translated from the Italian by Claude A. Claremont.

By: Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952.
Contributor(s): Claremont, Claude A. (Claude Albert), b. 1890.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Clio Montessori series ; v. 1.Publisher: Oxford : Clio Press, 1988Description: ix, 270 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1851090878.Subject(s): Child psychology | Educational psychologyDDC classification: 155.4
Contents:
The child's part in world reconstruction -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- The new path -- The miracle of creation -- Embryology and behaviour -- The spiritual embryo -- The child's conquest of independence -- The first days of life -- Some thoughts on language -- How language calls to the child -- The effect of obstacles on development -- The importance of movement in general development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in childhood -- The child's contribution to society - normalization -- Character building is the child's own achievement -- Children's possessiveness and its transformations -- Social development -- Cohesion in the social unit -- Mistakes and their correction -- The three levels of obedience -- Discipline and the teacher -- The teacher's preparation -- Love and its source - the child.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 155.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00085487
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on lectures given by Dr Montessori at Ahmedabad, this text is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child's growth during the most significant period of life.

Includes bibliographical references.

The child's part in world reconstruction -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- The new path -- The miracle of creation -- Embryology and behaviour -- The spiritual embryo -- The child's conquest of independence -- The first days of life -- Some thoughts on language -- How language calls to the child -- The effect of obstacles on development -- The importance of movement in general development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in childhood -- The child's contribution to society - normalization -- Character building is the child's own achievement -- Children's possessiveness and its transformations -- Social development -- Cohesion in the social unit -- Mistakes and their correction -- The three levels of obedience -- Discipline and the teacher -- The teacher's preparation -- Love and its source - the child.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Maria Montessori , M.D., was an educator who originated the Montessori method of education.

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