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The absorbent mind / Maria Montessori.

By: Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Adyar, India : Theosophical Publishing House, 1949Description: 421 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1417980338.Subject(s): Child psychology | Educational psychologyDDC classification: 155.4
Contents:
The child and world reconstruction -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- A new orientation -- The miracle of creation one plan, one method -- Man's universality -- The psycho-embryonic life -- The conquest of independence -- Care to be taken at life's beginning -- On language -- The call of language -- Obstacles and their consequences -- Movement and total development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- The new teacher -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in young children -- A social contribution of the child: normalization -- Character-building a conquest, not a defence -- The sublimation of possessiveness -- Social development -- Society by cohesion -- Error and its control -- The three degrees of obedience -- The montessori teacher -- The fountain source of love: the child.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 155.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00114752
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 155.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00105679
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The child and world reconstruction -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- A new orientation -- The miracle of creation one plan, one method -- Man's universality -- The psycho-embryonic life -- The conquest of independence -- Care to be taken at life's beginning -- On language -- The call of language -- Obstacles and their consequences -- Movement and total development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- The new teacher -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in young children -- A social contribution of the child: normalization -- Character-building a conquest, not a defence -- The sublimation of possessiveness -- Social development -- Society by cohesion -- Error and its control -- The three degrees of obedience -- The montessori teacher -- The fountain source of love: the child.

CIT Module EDUC 6008 - Core reading