This document outlines topics to be covered in staff development days for Compass Montessori School. It discusses changing education paradigms and key ideas from books on motivation. It introduces Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Gordon Tredgold's circles of concern, relating them to the fundamental and human needs and tendencies. The importance of student and teacher motivation and knowing why activities are done is emphasized. Qualities like being observant, intentional and mindful are presented as ways to provide authentic opportunities for student autonomy, mastery and purpose. Resources on human tendencies, preventing exclusion, and intrinsic motivation in Montessori students are provided.
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1. Dancing on the Compass Rose:
Creating and Maintaining Positive Partnerships
in a Montessori Environment
Compass Montessori School
Staff Development Days
August 13, 2015
5. On Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us...
What is one powerful take-away?
Why does it resonate with you?
How will it affect your practice?
13. Fundamental Needs of People
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Defense
Transportation
Communication
Belonging
The Healing Arts
Self-Expression
Spirituality
Human Tendencies
Orientation
Order
Exploration
Communication
Activity
Manipulation
Work
Repetition
Exactness
Abstraction
Self-Perfection
14. Fundamental Needs of People
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Defense
Transportation
Communication
Belonging
The Healing Arts
Self-Expression
Spirituality
Provide For...
Human Tendencies
Orientation
Order
Exploration
Communication
Activity
Manipulation
Work
Repetition
Exactness
Abstraction
Self-Perfection
15. Fundamental Needs of People
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Defense
Transportation
Communication
Belonging
The Healing Arts
Self-Expression
Spirituality
Provide For...
Human Tendencies
Orientation
Order
Exploration
Communication
Activity
Manipulation
Work
Repetition
Exactness
Abstraction
Self-Perfection
Allow For...
22. Autonomy - Mastery - Purpose
In what ways will you provide authentic opportunities for
these pillars of motivation to be realised?
For your students?
For yourself?
29. Resources to Explore
The Human Tendencies & Montessori Education
- Mario Montessori
Children Who Are Not Yet Peaceful: Preventing Exclusion in the Early Elementary Classroom
- Donna Bryant Goertz
Love of Learning: Supporting Intrinsic Motivation in Montessori Students
- Michael & DNeil Duffy