ERIC Number: EJ759829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-0040
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Our Young Cultural Ambassadors: Montessori Peacemakers for a Modern World
Carver-Akers, Kateri; Markatos-Soriano, Kristine
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, v19 n2 p42-47 2007
This article describes the Language Center Montessori School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where students are learning in a language-immersion Montessori environment. The school offers a choice to parents--Spanish immersion or French immersion--but Montessori comes with both. The school's motivation for promoting bilingualism is to improve communication across cultural boundaries, and to promote peace, respect, and an appreciation of diversity. Though bilingualism may increase cognitive development, this is not the school's driving force. It wants to foster a generation of "cultural ambassadors" who can build bridges across cultures. It also wants to create a new generation of peacemakers who value tolerance, diversity, and hope, and who effect change at home and across borders.
Descriptors: Peace, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Cognitive Development, Bilingualism, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Spanish, French, Cultural Pluralism, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Consciousness Raising, Young Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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