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Michael Duffy updated new location at Mt Jackson, VA 22842, USA 4 years, 6 months ago
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Michael Duffy posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
Good to hear from you, Claudia. Maybe we can find some time to join the teachers group, although I’m not very into Facebook.
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Michael Duffy posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
Hope this helped give you a small intro into Montessori education. It really does begin with the universe as context.
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Michael Duffy posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
Thanks for the kind words. You’re welcome to share the essay with your adult learners, with appropriate credit.
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Michael Duffy posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
Happy to show how our ideas converge!
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Michael Duffy posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
My wife D’Neil and I spent several weeks this summer in Poland, sharing with teachers and heads of school our ideas about Montessori elementary education. As co-authors of the book, “Children of the Universe: Cosmic Education for the Montessori Elementary Classroom,” we paid particular attention to the place of Cosmic Education in the curriculum.…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy is now a Contributing Member 8 years, 4 months ago
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Michael Duffy is now a Contributing Member 8 years, 4 months ago
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Michael Duffy is now a Contributing Member 8 years, 4 months ago
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Michael Duffy replied to the topic Professional Development in Deep Time Education in the forum Deep Time Journey Forum 8 years, 9 months ago
Jennifer,Your principles of deep time education are perfectly compatible with the philosophy of Montessori’s cosmic education, and they help articulate the implications of our program of education. I agree with everything you have on the list of principles.1) orienting to an evolving universe – this is the basis of cosmic education.2) matrix – g…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy replied to the topic Montessori Cosmic Education and the Planes of Development in the forum Deep Time Journey Forum 9 years, 9 months ago
Jonathan,
I think your attempt to expose “pre-school” age children to the concept of evolution is great, particularly with an enchanting story book. I don’t know whether these young children will fully understand the concept of shared ancestry, but it can’t hurt to expose them to it for whatever level they can internalize it. Even if they don’t…[Read more] -
Michael Duffy replied to the topic Montessori Cosmic Education and the Planes of Development in the forum Deep Time Journey Forum 9 years, 10 months ago
Kyle makes a very valid point about the need for the middle school / high school Montessori level to put sufficient emphasis on the intellectual content of Cosmic Education. We can’t assume that even those students coming from Montessori elementary are totally familiar with the details of the Cosmic Education story that helps them unify all their…[Read more]
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I am in total agreement with you, Michael (and Betsy, too!). Even given the demands of a public school setting, there are many creative ways to find practical applications for Cosmic Education, and adolescents need that kind of work to fully actualize the ideal outcomes of this plane of development. No amount of intellectual exercise can…[Read more]
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Cosmic education in Montessori is a spiral curriculum. We carry forth the sensorial experiences of first plane to the elementary plane and then take both the sensorial and intellectual work to the adolescent programs. In our adolescent programs and teacher education course we revisit all the great lessons again each year from different…[Read more]
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That’s great that your training program for adolescent teachers has such a strong focus on Cosmic Education! I’ve always wanted to get away to Houston and take that training, as I’ve heard it is the best in the country.
My personal experience with Montessori training was enlightening and inspiring, but in my mind, we did not spend enough time…[Read more]-
Kyle, you are obviously very frustrated with the demands that your school district makes on your program. There is work to be done at every level of Montessori when it comes to navigating the testing culture. The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (www.public-montessori.org) supported by AMS and AMI has been formed to advocate…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy replied to the topic Montessori Cosmic Education and the Planes of Development in the forum Deep Time Journey Forum 9 years, 10 months ago
I think Betsy Coe’s schema for lining up the Planes of Development and Cosmic Education matches our own ideas about the way we develop the Big History story in Montessori – sensorially at the 3-6 age level, intellectually at the 6-12 level, and practically at the middle/high school level. There are definitely practical implications for stu…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy posted an update in the group
Montessori Cosmic Education training centers 10 years, 4 months ago
The Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative (METTC) is the inheritor of the elementary legacy of the 30-year-old training program from CMTE/NY. The entire faculty of the elementary training program has formed METTC to continue our work of providing the highest possible quality of Montessori training. A major goal of this training is…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy created the group
Montessori Cosmic Education training centers 10 years, 4 months ago
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Michael Duffy replied to the topic What did you think of COSMOS last night? in the forum Deep Time Journey Forum 10 years, 4 months ago
I think it is wonderful that a commercial network like Fox is carrying this latest attempt to publicize the story that science has developed about the evolving universe, updating Carl Sagan’s work. The general public needs to be familiar with the broad outlines of this story, and this series should go a long way to achieving that goal with a b…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy posted a new activity comment 10 years, 4 months ago
I think it is wonderful that a commercial network like Fox is carrying this latest attempt to publicize the story that science has developed about the evolving universe, updating Carl Sagan’s work. The general public needs to be familiar with the broad outlines of this story, and this series should go a long way to achieving that goal with a…[Read more]
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Michael Duffy is now a Contributing Member 10 years, 4 months ago
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