Montessori in the Classroom: A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn (Rev)
Paula Polk Lillard
(Author)
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Description
What really happens inside a Montessori classroom? How do teachers teach? How do children learn? This fascinating day-by-day record in the year of the life of a Montessori classroom answers these questions by providing an illuminating and practical glimpse of the Montessori method in action.
Product Details
Price
$20.00
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publish Date
August 19, 1997
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.1 X 8.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780805210873
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About the Author
PAULA POLK LILLARD is the head emerita and cofounder of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois. She is also the author of Montessori Today; Montessori, A Modern Approach, and Montessori from the Start (with Lynn Lillard Jessen).
Reviews
"A moving book, and a deeply honest one. Lillard brings a compassionate intelligence to her task. . . . This is the book of a strong, wise, and sensitive teacher. It is a joy."
--from the foreword by Jerome Bruner, author of The Culture of Education and Research Professor of Psychology, New York University "A clear account of how and why the method works. I hope as many parents and teachers as possible will read it."
--Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience "Every teacher wishing to take a practical and philosophical look at Montessori teaching should read this book."
--David Kahn, Executive Director, North American Montessoi Teachers' Association (NAMTA) "Through this diary parents and teachers witness the joyous explosion that can occur in the preschool experience."
--Publishers Weekly
--from the foreword by Jerome Bruner, author of The Culture of Education and Research Professor of Psychology, New York University "A clear account of how and why the method works. I hope as many parents and teachers as possible will read it."
--Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience "Every teacher wishing to take a practical and philosophical look at Montessori teaching should read this book."
--David Kahn, Executive Director, North American Montessoi Teachers' Association (NAMTA) "Through this diary parents and teachers witness the joyous explosion that can occur in the preschool experience."
--Publishers Weekly
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