Character Teaching in Mexico Lee Havis conducting informal tutoring component of Charater Teachng project in Las Flores, Mex. (2001).
Character Teaching in India
Staff and faculty of Wonder Kidz Montessori School release a dove as part of their celebration of United Nations International Peace day, September 21, 2009. On right, is Sudev Suchan, Principal director.
Character Teaching – A full Perspective Montessori teaching follows laws of nature with children to bring about true normal character qualities, such as independence, self-discipline, patience, and integrity in the human personality. In this sense, it is a type of character teaching, which can be adapted to overcome many fundamental obstacles to progress in society…read more
Can Education Cure Poverty and Child Labor? In 2008, poverty and child labor are growing problems that threaten the stability and progress of all countries in our complex global economy. Many look to education as a solution, without realizing the true cause or nature of the problem itself…. read more
Ecuador
In November, 2009, IMS received a letter of support for its Character Teaching (CT) project from the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. Lee Havis, project creator, views this government support as highly significant and promising for the eventual participation of various private foundations and agencies involved with funding programs designed to eradicate poverty through education....read more
Mexico In February, 2009, Tanya Maldonado,
Director, Instituto Inmagusa, (Coahuila,
Mexico), joined the CT board. Her initial
task has been to help draft a letter to the local
state governor seeking an official letter
of support for the project there.
India Sudev Suchan, CT board member in Karnataka state (Bangalore), met with the governor of his state on July 28, 2009 to explain the CT project and request his official support. The governor expressed his pleasure about the project and asked Sudev to meet with his staff to provide details. In Calcutta, West Bengal, Sakyajit Banerjee joined the CT consultation board. Sakyajit is on the staff of Daffodil Buds Montessori school in Calcutta. In Maharastra Vishwa Bomsvah joined the board. Vishwas is director of a schol in Nagpun, Maharastra.
Montessori in India
In Bangalore, India, children spontaneously engage in building pink tower. This video clips shows how true natrual behavior emerges in spontaneous social harmony ammong children.
Nigeria, West Africa
Rashidah Sulaimon joined the CT board in June, 2009 after having attended the IMS convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2009. Rashidah is director of studies at the Ar-Rahman Montessori School in Lagos, Nigeria...read more Support Letters Center for Child Education- Sulaimon Ar-Rahama Montessori Schools
Kenya, Africa CT board member, Jared Otiendo,
submitted a letter of support for the
project from his NGO, Centre for Disaster
Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CDMHA). Jared is secretary
general and co-founder of this agency.
He has also met several times with the
Ministry of Education in Kenya to seek
its official support for the project. Support Letter Centre for Restoraton of Human Rights & Democracy
Peru In Peru, Edwin Ladronne Guevara was recently appointed to the CT board. Edwin is a 1997 graduate of New York State University (Albany, NY), and in Cusco, he is the founder and director of a Technology Institute involved with Montessori education. Edwin is also an affiliated faculty member of the Universidad Andina del Cusco.
