The slides of the lecture Montessori conference Moscow 2009

1. Freedom and restraint
( and ‘standards’)
Moscow, April 25 2009
Jos Werkhoven
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2. ask I
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tio
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Not only the teacher...
the child as well !!!!!

3. ask I
qu
es
tio
n s
Freedom is a necessary condition
for asking questions
‘Standards’ are comfortable and helpful,
but be aware.....
ask the ‘standards’ always questions !!
e.g. “Do they fulfill my needs?”

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es Nico o study
tio con M v a
n‘ form ontes an Ewi nimals
sta the sori jk
‘sta mat
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Questions for Dutch History
J. Prins-Werker and
Dr. A. Romein-Verschoor

5. Those are beautiful materials, but restricted.
No restrictions anymore (e.g. schoolbooks).
No demands of my government (e.g. what to teach).
I myself wants to inquire what the needs are
of the children of today and tomorrow.
The children will help me............and they did!!!!!!!!!!!!!
questioned
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a nd
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e

6. questioned
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Kees Boeke - Dutch education reformer
sp
a ce
‘Powers of ten’
I will just show you the idea
It’s online for free
(I will tell on the end about free download)
Search in Google on Powers of ten
a beautiful CD at http://www.powersof10.com/

16. And so we take another seventeen steps
to explore kosmos and to discover patterns (’standards?’)
The journey of Kees Boeke
Powers of ten

17. To end here: a real photograph (Deep space) of our
universe, 10 billion years ago

18. Yet we travel in the opposite direction..........

26. The journey of Kees Boeke
Powers of ten
And so we take another nine steps
to explore our body and the structure of matter.

27. The journey of Kees Boeke
Powers of ten
Just 42 steps to
explore the whole kosmos

28. questioned
I
Jos Werkhoven - The lines of life
tim yet also in Russian language:
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Montessori
teacher and trainer
for 30 years
Now publisher for (Montessori) schools

29. Äåñÿòü ðàç ïî ìèëëèàðäó
Ëèíèÿ âñåãî ñóùåãî
Ëèíèè æèçíè
? ïîèñêå ãðàíèö
÷åëîâå÷åñêîãî çíàíèÿ
Jos Werkhoven Äåñÿòü ðàç ïî ìèëëèîíó
Äåñÿòü ðàç ïî òûñÿ÷å
Ëèíèÿ êóëüòóðû
Äåñÿòü ðàç ïî åäèíèöå
Uitgeverij De Arend Ëèíèÿ ìîåé æèçíè

30. Maria Montessori
asking questions
Material for sentence analysis
wat is het dat?
wie is het die?
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an
Dr. Maria Montessori rv
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oo
r
d
voo wat?
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‘sentence analysis’ a a rt
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vo n w
aa
w
wat is de kern?
waar gaat het over?
also means:
waarom?
wat gebeurt er?
wan
wa nee
oor
ard r?
‘analysis of meaning of life’ ?
in
w
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m
ee l?
rh
at
aar
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en
?
The ‘collaps’ of standards
?
in Dutch Montessori history.

31. It’s all about:
come
into
being

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