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La formazione spirituale del bambino secondo Maria Montessori
2022
This paper presents a Maria Montessori’s unprecedented and little known aspect: it is her attention to the child’s spiritual education. Although for a long time her educational method was considered a positivist method, today some critics recognize in her view the presence of an educational theory of interiority that starts from an universal and cosmic perspective: in the children’s homes is created a space where the secrets of the spiritual life man’s are revealed. Education for a cosmic peace, meditative silence, social education through meditative work shared in a community way, are some practices with wich the child begins a path of spiritual education that makes him aware of his own se…
Ecopedagogia e nonviolenza nell’era planetaria. La scelta vegetariana
2016
Vegetarianism is not a forced choice nor an ideology, but it can be interpreted as a possible way of life and as an educational option. It is closely connected with a nonviolent modus vivendi which implies the choice not to kill humans and animals. It is a choice that, along the history, has been associated with a path of spiritual education. Vegetarianism can be seen, following the lesson of the Masters of nonviolence, as an important step for an integral education that promotes better human relationships and interconnections among all creatures that inhabit the planet.