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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Think Big: Leadership Projects for AMS and Montessori Educators
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Chattin-McNichols, John – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2014
The American Montessori Society's (AMS) 2014 Living Legacy recipient, John Chattin-McNichols, delivered the keynote address at the Annual Conference in Dallas, TX, on March 27, 2014, In his speech, he described three overall highlights of AMS: (1) AMS is now a world-leading organization; (2) It must become a learning organization; and (3)…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Conference Papers, Educational Philosophy
Work in Society and in Montessori Classrooms
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Chattin-McNichols, John – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2013
Montessori educators follow Montessori's lead and use the word "work" to describe the child's concentrated attention with a hands-on material. But this word may lead to communication problems with parents and those in the non-Montessori world: educators, administrators, accreditors, and so on. These communication problems are…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Assignments, Interpersonal Communication