Montessori Secondary Working Group
The Montessori Association of Victoria
announces
the second public meeting for 2008
of the Montessori Secondary Working Group
Montessori Secondary Meeting No 2- 2008 (document download)
Montessori Secondary Update (document download)
A Farm School for Victoria (document download)
The MAV currently has 2 Secondary New School Network projects registered with us.
Alia College - www.alia.vic.edu.au
405 Tooronga Rd
Hawthorn East
Contact Bob Morgan - Principal
Ph 03 9822 9622
Gisborne Montessori School - www.montessori-gisborne.com
57 Baringo Rd
New Gisborne
Contact Suzanne Fitzmaurice
Ph 03 5428 4520
Tommorow's Child - Montessori High School
This article originally appeared in the spring issue 1998 of Tommorow's Child. Below are excerpts from some articles. You can also download the full set of articles.
Adolescence without tears -
Maria Montessori’s Vision of Secondary Education
Working in Europe fifty years ago, Dr. Maria Montessori recognized that the basic developmental tasks of adolescence are social, physical, and emotional. She observed that teenagers often find it difficult to concentrate on their studies; their lives are not centered on school work but on learning how to be comfortable around one another.
The Basic Elements of a Secondary Montessori program
It teaches students to think for themselves and develop logical reasoning, research skills, and higher-order “formal” thinking skills rather than having students memorize predigested concepts, theories, and information presented in lectures and textbooks.
What Kind of Student is Right for a Secondary Montessori Program ?
Secondary Montessori Programs are primarily intended to serve as the logical next step for a child who has come up through the early childhood and elementary Montessori programs. Ideally, one Montessori secondary program might serve an entire community, drawing students from several different Montessori elementary programs.
For the full article, please download the pdf - 12 pages and 3.15MB.
Montessori Secondary School
There are a number of interested people working towards the establishment of a Montessori secondary program in Victoria.If you would like to find out more about Montessori Secondary or become part of this group:
contact Leanne Tarran - MAV President
- by
- or phone 03 9517 6032
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