... develop trusting relationships with people. The child needs to explore and experience the world directly, through his senses, in order to develop as nature guides him to do. Most importantly, he needs to be present and a part of the normal, everyday life around him. His family must provide ... the spiritual energy that accompanies his self-construction, and it brings liveliness and joy to the child because he is free to do what his deepest nature guides him to do. (Montessori, The Secret of Childhood, "Intelligence of Love," p. 98, Orient Longman, 2006) The Second Plane of Development .....

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... . History is something that I have always been really good at. As far back as I can remember it always came naturally to me. I never really had to study extremely hard in order receive a good grade on an exam. So, hopefully with my newly earned degree I will be ... and it needs only to be spurred by a small event in order to become aware of it. In Plato's dialogue Meno, for example, Socrates guides an uneducated slave to the formulation of the Pythagorean theorem, demonstrating that such knowledge is buried in the soul, rather than learned from experience. The philosopher ... task, Socra...

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... known for promoting universal public education and teacher training in "normal schools". Mann served in the Senate, the Massachusetts education system, a history going back to 1647, was suffering, and the quality of education was deteriorating. Soon Mann arose a vigorous reform movement. In the year of ... their daughter(s) to being educated, governess was hired to teach girls. If they were lucky, they were taught to read in order to study the Bible. They were also taught to read and write to record household expressions. Sometimes girls were taught social etiquette, music, needlework, ....

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