Towards a Positive Education for Adolescents: An Example from the Humanities.

Shernoff, David J.

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ERIC Number: EJ645824

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Publication Date: 2001

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Towards a Positive Education for Adolescents: An Example from the Humanities.

Shernoff, David J.

NAMTA Journal, v26 n3 p517-41 Sum 2001

Offers specific rules for using humanities studies in Montessori schools to guide personality formation and social interest during adolescence, focusing on biography. Presents biography as a portrayal of mind connected with action, the success of individual struggle, self-awareness, balancing creativity with service, the importance of inner life, and the drama of self-actualization. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Biographies, Creativity, Humanities, Humanities Instruction, Individual Development, Instructional Materials, Models, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Personality, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Self Actualization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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