DR. MONTESSORI,
SELF-DEVELOPMENT IN
EDUCATION.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
simple, so that the child can easily understand it: orderly, because nothing constructive and good can come out of chacs; and beautiful, so that it will attract
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JAPANESE METAL MARKET. the child. The child can be help-now coniparatively firm, prices The Japanese metal market is Dr. Maria Motitessori spoke at ed to reach this stage of cou-standing in the vicinity of Y.60 the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, centration by some exercises and 1.59.50 for spot of Japanese recently 00 her system of which should be brought to the and American electrolytic copper
Attelat, from New York.. education, Mr. J. L. Paton presid-attention of educators, and and of Y.60.75 and Y.60.25 for ed. She spoke in Italian, and which, while they require very futures of Japanese and American Eastbourne,
Bridges. Astor Hotel, from her words were translated, sent- small effort of the mind, enchan-copper respectively. ence by sentence, as she wentnel the energies and lead to lead is quoted at Y.24 and Y25.50
Chivegoil, from San Francisco. along.
Chuyora, from Bombav, There was A large concentration. audience.
for spot and futures. Zine from Clements American Consul. "I call them exercise of prac-Singapore is quoted in the neigh-from Manila. The word "liberty," said Dr. tical life, for thes are those bourhood of 1.85. Montessori, tang out in our time which we ourselves try if possible however, be noted that business with greater vigour than ever always to give to servants to do in metals on the whole is dull at before: It seemed to dominate for us-(laughter)-the exercise present on account of the irregu us to-day. One might call it the of taking care of our things, keep-lar arrivals of quotations on the possibility for every life to reaching the house clean, dusting. London market. its goal it represented the sweeping. setting 2 table. triumph of life. the victory over washing up dishes, and so forth. all obstacles, and in human life f we were to become 38 it meant, above all, a spiritual zealous of our psychic health as triumph. In this
itwe are of our physical health. might be said that liberty instead of doing Swedish brought about the health of gymnastics in the morning we
but the native dealers have not the soul and as in physiology should probably begin by clean-think it very unlikely that there yet returned to commerce and we the state of very complex bodiesing out our room." (Laughter.) will be anything doing for some was illuminated by the state of The little children who instinc- time to come; in the meanwhile very simple forms of life, so heretively found themselves drawn reports to hand from Japan are in this other field it would pro- towards concentration would bably be the child who would welcome gladly such forms of the effect that the market teach us. If her observations of work. Dr. Montesseri spoke of the child were of any value, they some of the means she suggested were as details throwing light on for attracting the attention of the the psychic growth of humanity.
child-acquaintance with objets One fundamental and basic that represented a synthesis of phenomenon revealed by the little the things that the child saw child, contrary to our old beliefs about him, colours. was that of the vital necessity of dimensions, sounds, etc. and deep concentration of mind. The their effects o the growing little child of three presented mind. it. as though in order to
sense
grow
it, were necessary for him en consolidate his inner personality and in that way separate himself from others. He did
not concentrate his mind in the same way as a philosopter did, It was almost like a sensorial selection which the child made from his environment and which caused him to fix his attention upon that point. Mome muscular
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Kinematograph pictures were shawn of the Montessori system in operation in Italian schools under Dr. Montessori herself.
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Thus the sense, the mator Demand action, and the fixed attention 30 dis developed together and fortified the whole personality. One some-
60 3/8 times saw a little child repeating
4 m's some exercise as many as fifte T/T Shanghai times, and the noise of other T/T Singapore. people perhaps a piano playing. T/T Japan would not disturb him
a fact T/T India. which seemed strange to us, who Demand. India were accustomed to believe that the characteristic of the small T/T San Francisco) child was the impossibility of
& New York.) 9674 fixed attention.
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THE TEACHER AS SERVANT. When this phenomenon was produced a change took place in the whole character of the child. From that moment the Ettle in- dividuality began to develop according to its own inner lines, It was from this changed form that there sprang all those charac teristics we called good; it was the earlier fluctuating uncertain soul that was not yet able to fix attention" that fell into what we called wrong. Methods of cuer- cion, persuasion: or appeal to sentiment Dr. Montessori termed the oppression of the child by the adult. ways of a tempting 19 mould from without that which lay beyond our human power. No one of use could model or give form to another soul
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COAL REPORT, Messrs Wheelock & Co.s Coal Market Report of February 36. New Year Holidays are now over states:-Japan Coal-The China
Wm. Ezra & Co. from London. Pangdubu, from Calcutta.
D. de H. FARRANT, Superintendent,
Hongkong, Feb. 26, 1920.
Shoji Branch, from Kobe.
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Express, Banyei Maru, Anchor- taken place since last writing. Owing to the China New Year the market has as usual, remain- ed quiet and although deliveries under contract have been regular report. Stocks are much below there is little fresh business to the average and the demand for better grades is in excess of the supply...
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BRITISH CHINA TRADE BUREAU The British-China Trade Bureau (Purlicity Bureau for South Caina has been transferred to the Federation of British Industries, a noteworthy step in the dirtion of practical coopera- tion between manufacturers and merchants, says the Times Trade. Supplement. Mr. C. Montague Ede, the general manager of the Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited) is responsible for inducing the Federation to assume the direction of the British-China Trade Bureau in Great Britain. The bureau was an organization set. on foot to provide an essentia!
link hetween the home manufacturer and the distributing merchant in China on the one hand, and a con- suming population of 50 millionsof peuple on the other It was! realized that, if British enterprise ! was to make headway against the powerful trade propaganda of the Japanese in the British market. 1 some form of counteracting act ivity was necessary for British trade. The bureau established its own organization throughout the four provinces of Kwangtung Kwangsi.Yannan, and Kweichow. with the result that to-day it exercises a controlling influence w
nearly 100 newspapers published in vernacular. It is prepared. free of charge or com mission. to introduce British manufacturers at home to British derchants in China, or vice veren. The new direction of the bureau's activities in London will be placed under the superintendente of Mr. Henry Hobden.
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Everyone in order become Demand, Singapore. 240
strong must form himself. With On Haiphong
this single observation we already had a
new mode of education. The problem was to make the spirit of the child free to develop itself. The teacher became a servant who must serve the divine soul that was developing. "If the Fundamental of this development lies in concentration let us prepare the means in order that this concentration may take place. The first thing we must do is to prepare that environment which will help his growth and develop- ment. Thus we find that the simple, orderly, and beautiful environment is that which is useful and helpful for the child-
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The P. & O. s.s. JAPAN left Singapore for this Port on the the 5th instant. 28th Feb., and is due here on
The American and Manchurian Line s.s. SWAZI from New York sailed from Cebu on 1st instant and is due to arrive here on the 5th instant at 3 p.m.
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