Jan 14, 2014
Forbes Magazine:”The Future of Education was Invented in 1906″
Montessori Madness by Trevor Eissler
Trevor Eissler, father of three Montessori students, is a business jet pilot and flight instructor. Over the last fifteen years, he has taught hundreds of pilots, from beginners to professional pilots. He is the author of four books, Montessori Madness!, 4,962,571, That 17th Hat, and N is for North Korea. He is a juggler, unicyclist, triathlete, and Toastmaster.
Montessori Research Links
Maria Montessori Blog www.mariamontessori.com/mm
American Montessori Society www.amshq.org/
American Montessori Internationale www.amiusa.org/
Montessori Science www.montessori-science.org/
What is Montessori? www.montessoriobserver.com/what-is-montessori/
Montessori Books
- The Absorbent Mind (Heny Holt & Co., 1995), by Dr. Maria Montessori
- Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education (Sevenoff, 2009), by Trevor Eissler
- Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Oxford University Press, 2005), by Angeline Stoll Lillard
- Discovery of the Child (Fides, 1967), by Dr. Maria Montessori
- Drive (Penguin, 2011), by Dan Pink
- A Whole New Mind (Penguin, 2006), by Dan Pink
- Brain Rules (Pear Press, 2009), by John Medina
- The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), by Alfie Kohn
- Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes (Houghton Mifflin, 1993), by Alfie Kohn
- The Absorbent Mind (Heny Holt & Co., 1995), by Dr. Maria Montessori
- Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education (Sevenoff, 2009), by Trevor Eissler
- Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Oxford University Press, 2005), by Angeline Stoll Lillard
- Discovery of the Child (Fides, 1967), by Dr. Maria Montessori
- Drive (Penguin, 2011), by Dan Pink
- A Whole New Mind (Penguin, 2006), by Dan Pink
- Brain Rules (Pear Press, 2009), by John Medina
- The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), by Alfie Kohn
- Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes (Houghton Mifflin, 1993), by Alfie Kohn
Montessori Videos
Dr. Adele Diamond: Why Montessori Works http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/2011/dec/01/why-tools-of-the-mind/
Video:Superwoman Was Already Here by Daniel Petter-Lipstein
Scientific Research
- “Montessori Education Provides Better Outcomes than Traditional Methods…” http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=670
- Study Shows that Preschool Aged Montessori Students are Less Sedentary Both Inside and Outside of School http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/pdf/1479-5868-10-2.pdf
- Neuropsychology & Montessori http://gem.hi-touch.net/Miscellaneous/Parent%20Education/Neurophsychology%20and%20Montessori.pdf