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| Interacting with the environment with Mum and Big Sis, 1968 |
We are on countdown to Budapest
It is
the last weekend for us workers before WCCE9 and I am sure I will not be the
only one busy washing, preparing for Christmas and doing the first bits of
packing tomorrow. I am sure there are more than a few of us sitting at the
computer over text or posters making the finishing touches. My posters are in
the long black tube ready for travelling, but my words are still being
formulated and given much thought!
As a
bit of relaxation, to give my eyes a rest from the screen and I think also to
give myself a bit of moral support, I picked up one of the Mária Hári books which
these days are almost permanently on the sofa beside me.
This afternoon
my lovely neighbour came to the rescue with a cup of coffee and a walk in the
crispy sunshine with Guido the sausage dog! But there was no escaping getting
back to the job which I am sure I have done much faster having enjoyed the
fresh air and friendship. Now I need to break from it again and Mária Hári is
my salvation, I do not feel guilty about stopping.
Time now
to make some Christmas presents and visiting cards but not before noting down a
couple of Hárisms for my blog.
‘On the basis of my
lecture one could think that we are dealing with one central aim with the
children but the fact is that the children are learning not just to eat as it
was shown and they do not practice the ways of standing up all day long nor do
we set the single aim of learning to write. The truth is that the children act
on the basis of a carefully prepared programme corresponding to the current
position of the group and the individuals belonging to it. This work lasts from
the moment of waking up until that of going to sleep as per the determined
timetable and is directed by the conductor and influenced by the members of the
group itself.’ [1]
‘The conductor knows the possibilities,
the complementary aids, the detailed coordinates of all children and in no way
exceeds their capacities. Each action of their daily life is required in an individualized
and elaborate form. The child learns that he can change position. The conductor
must prove it to him. The conductor must give him the chance to interact with
the environment and to overcome difficulties. The programmes have didactic importance.
The timetable must ensure the time necessary to do something well. It is only
in the framework of such a programme that we can attain our goals. The only
conclusion of this symposium is that if one wishes to have the results that we
have it is necessary to learn conduction.’
[2]
[2]
References
[1] Mária Hári on Conductive Education,
2004 Edited by Gillian Maguire and Andrew Sutton, Birmingham Foundation for
Conductive Education, page 64, The great
and the Good (1970)
[2] Mária Hári on Conductive Education,
2004 Edited by Gillian Maguire and Andrew Sutton, Birmingham Foundation for
Conductive Education, page 72, Exasperation,
Conductive Education 1981
BBC Radio 4, Thought for the day –
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