There is increasing interest in Dalton education. For many parents, teachers and principals, the principles of this form of innovative education offer a direction to take in the further development of their schools. The origin of Dalton education lies in America. Its initiator, Helen Parkhurst, began her teaching career in rural Wisconsin more than a hundred years ago, in the autumn of 1904. She taught her students to work on assignments independently, with the freedom to plan and complete them as they saw fit, enlisting each other's help and the teacher's assistance when needed. Since then, Dalton education has evolved, but the essence of what Parkhurst intended has remained. As the popularity of Dalton education grows, so does the need for information about Parkhurst's life, her ideas, and her own teaching experiments. This biography aims to meet that need. It paints a picture of a woman who wanted to give children a voice in their work and in their own lives and succeeded in doing so through her tirelessness and powerful personality. But that drive also led to conflicts, disillusions and disappointments.

A Montessori school is a school that practices the pedagogy of Maria Montessori. For over 100 years, the Montessori method has successfully contributed to the education of children all over the world and the method is still being used daily: her legacy can be found in thousands of Montessori schools in more than 148 countries across the globe. Confirmation that the Montessori method is future proof and ready for the coming century. The Montessori method has been extensively described and has influenced many people working in education. This book is a collection of personal perspectives, providing an insight into the ways in which Montessori has helped to shape how practitioners, school leaders and researchers perceive the purpose, core practices and outcomes of Montessori education. After the foreword by Adele Diamond, 19 international experts write about their own vision of the Montessori method. The aim of Perspectives on Montessori is to highlight and celebrate the success and uniqueness of the Montessori method to inspire and enrich readers with respect to the ways in which the Montessori method is envisioned and implemented. The book also challenges you, our reader, to reflect on your own perspective on Montessori. Perspectives on Montessori consists of the contributions of the following authors: Marisa Canova - Cofounder and Director of the Training Center at Fundación Argentina María Montessori, Argentina Connie Carballo - Cofounder and Executive director of Fundación Argentina María Montessori, Argentina Astrid Steverlynck – Leader of Special Projects at Fundación Argentina María Montessori, Argentina Adele Diamond - Canada Research Chair Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Canada Chang Lei - Director of Xiamen XinMeng Montessori Kindergarten, China Rukmini Ramachandran - Director of Navadisha Montessori School and the Managing Trustee of the Indian Montessori Foundation, India Jaap de Brouwer – Researcher and Montessori trainer at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Els Mattijssen - Montessori trainer and researcher at Vivid Onderwijs, the Netherlands Patrick Sins – Professor Alternative Education at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and Professor Learning at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Mirjam Stefels – Montessori trainer at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Symen van der Zee – Professor Alternative Education at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Jan Gaffney - Mentor, coach and consultant for Montessori education, school principal and past president of Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Carla Foster – Director of Elementary Montessori training for the University of South-eastern, Norway Nina Helen Johansen – Executive director of Montessori Norway, Norway Beata Bednarczuk – Associate Professor in the Institute of Pedagogy at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland André Shearer – Chairman of the Indaba Foundation, South-Africa Hsien-Wei Lee - Teacher at Harvard Montessori Educational Institution, Taiwan Barbara Isaacs – President of Montessori Europe, United Kingdom Angeline S. Lillard - Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, United States Ginni Sacket – Montessori trainer for the Association Montessori Internationale, United States

Tot 16 jaar terug was de portierswereld een schimmig gebeuren waar wapens, seks, drugs en geweld standaard bij het dagelijks bestaan leken te horen. In dit boek wordt aan de hand van het leven van een voormalig Haags portier, verteld over deze underground scène; de lezer krijgt inzage in de nachtelijke gilde van vrije jongens. Het bestaan van deze portiers leek zich op het eerste gezicht publiekelijk af te spelen, maar bestond feitelijk uit een besloten wereld. Onzichtbaar en ongrijpbaar, waar vaak werd gehandeld op het randje van het toelaatbare. Een wereld van mannen die (soms terecht) door de maatschappij werden bekeken als outlaws. Met realistische beschrijvingen (en soms grove bewoordingen) schetst de auteur een helder beeld van deze levensstijl en de heersende subcultuur, waarbij de lezer wordt meegezogen in waanzinnige, turbulente gebeurtenissen. Door de beeldende manier van schrijven, kunnen lezers het gevoel ervaren een directe toeschouwer te zijn van deze vrijgevochten manier van leven; de tijd dat portiers de outlaws waren van de uitgaanswereld. Portiers; outlaws van het nachtleven is gebaseerd op feiten en waargebeurde verhalen. Auteur Adriaan Poortmans is opgegroeid in Den Haag. Zijn turbulente leven als portier heeft hij beschreven in dit boek. Adriaan woont tegenwoordig buiten de randstad.