Book Details
Title: Learning How to Learn; An American Approach to Montessori
Author: Nancy McCormick Rambusch
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Helicon Press
Year: 1962
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 180
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition. This book is an ex-library edition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is wear at the extremities with some rubbing, small creases and tears, which have been repaired with archival tape on the rear. There is a library call number written in white on the spine.
The cover is intact with some shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners. A little crushing to spine ends and bumping to corners. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible. There is a dewey/library call number written on the spine in white.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, but a little yellowed.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers are some stamps and expected vintage library paraphernalia as pictured.
The pages are clean and intact with occasional stamps, spots or marks.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"How does one learn 'how to learn'? This is the fundamental concern of both parents and educators today. Every small child is filled with a desire to learn as much as he can about the world he lives in. But as he goes through the educational 'system', this healthy desire too often fades into indifference and an ignorant complacency.
Nancy McCormick Rambusch, headmistress of the Whitby School, shows us that it is a lack of understanding of the very nature of the child that accounts for our past failures. She demonstrates that a solution to the problem can be found through the ideas and techniques of Dr. Maria Montessori, world-famous pioneer in early education. This articulate and hopeful book first offers us a trenchant analysis of the contemporary scene in education, revealing the gap between the results of recent research and actual classroom practice. The author then presents a vigorously written exposition of the major theses of the Montessori approach to early education in the light of this research.
The very nature of the child, with his peculiar rhythm of development, his absorbent mind, and his need of liberty within limits, in Mrs. Rambusch's concern in the first part of this book. These characteristics, properly fostered, lead to self-mastery and a sense of responsibility.
The next two parts show how he can be led to "learn how to learn", if the classroom is properly prepared as the child's environment, and if the teacher fulfils her proper instrumental function. The difference between parent and teacher in the educational effort is clearly indicated, but suggestions are also made for utilizing in the home the insights of Dr. Montessori. Included in Mrs. Rambusch's book is a 28-page biliography of all published materials in English by and about Maria Montessori from 1909 to 1961 - 481 separate entries - compiled by Gilbert E. Donahue, Research Librarian at Wayne State University Library.
As Dr. George N. Shuster observes in his Foreward, "Here is a book which says in effect that common sense in education has been uncommon." This American approach to Montessori points the way to what many well be the most creatively revolutionary movement in modern early education."
Book Details
Title: Learning How to Learn; An American Approach to Montessori
Author: Nancy McCormick Rambusch
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Helicon Press
Year: 1962
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 180
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition. This book is an ex-library edition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact. There is wear at the extremities with some rubbing, small creases and tears, which have been repaired with archival tape on the rear. There is a library call number written in white on the spine.
The cover is intact with some shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners. A little crushing to spine ends and bumping to corners. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible. There is a dewey/library call number written on the spine in white.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, but a little yellowed.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers are some stamps and expected vintage library paraphernalia as pictured.
The pages are clean and intact with occasional stamps, spots or marks.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"How does one learn 'how to learn'? This is the fundamental concern of both parents and educators today. Every small child is filled with a desire to learn as much as he can about the world he lives in. But as he goes through the educational 'system', this healthy desire too often fades into indifference and an ignorant complacency.
Nancy McCormick Rambusch, headmistress of the Whitby School, shows us that it is a lack of understanding of the very nature of the child that accounts for our past failures. She demonstrates that a solution to the problem can be found through the ideas and techniques of Dr. Maria Montessori, world-famous pioneer in early education. This articulate and hopeful book first offers us a trenchant analysis of the contemporary scene in education, revealing the gap between the results of recent research and actual classroom practice. The author then presents a vigorously written exposition of the major theses of the Montessori approach to early education in the light of this research.
The very nature of the child, with his peculiar rhythm of development, his absorbent mind, and his need of liberty within limits, in Mrs. Rambusch's concern in the first part of this book. These characteristics, properly fostered, lead to self-mastery and a sense of responsibility.
The next two parts show how he can be led to "learn how to learn", if the classroom is properly prepared as the child's environment, and if the teacher fulfils her proper instrumental function. The difference between parent and teacher in the educational effort is clearly indicated, but suggestions are also made for utilizing in the home the insights of Dr. Montessori. Included in Mrs. Rambusch's book is a 28-page biliography of all published materials in English by and about Maria Montessori from 1909 to 1961 - 481 separate entries - compiled by Gilbert E. Donahue, Research Librarian at Wayne State University Library.
As Dr. George N. Shuster observes in his Foreward, "Here is a book which says in effect that common sense in education has been uncommon." This American approach to Montessori points the way to what many well be the most creatively revolutionary movement in modern early education."
