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Article
The Learning Organization: A Model for Educational Change
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 22, no. 1
Date: 1997
Pages: 190-203
Educational change, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Rexford Brown - Writings
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Abstract/Notes: Analyzes public school bureaucracy and ways to reform institutions into learning communities that value shared knowledge and learning experiences. Describes how a bureaucratic organizational structure impairs learning. Proposes the "learning organization" in which adults learn alongside students, planning is decentralized, families are part of the educational experience, multiple perspectives are valued, and learning occurs all the time. (KDFB)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Why Does Multiage Make Sense? Compelling Arguments for Educational Change
Publication: Primary Voices K-6, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: Apr 1998
Pages: 2-9
Academic achievement, Americas, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Nongraded schools, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Discusses the overwhelmingly positive evidence from experience and research which suggests that a multiage environment can be superior to one of age-segregated class levels. Illuminates the logic of educating students in mixed-age groups (called multiage) by discussing the academic and social advantages, the affective benefits, and the positive impact on both promotion and long-term educational goals. (SR)
Language: English
ISSN: 1068-073X
Article
Design Thinking, Leadership, and the Grammar of Schooling: Implications for Educational Change
Available from: University of Chicago Press
Publication: American Journal of Education, vol. 126, no. 4
Date: 2020
Pages: 499-518
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Abstract/Notes: A growing number of schools across the globe have implemented design thinking (DT) as an instructional approach to increase student engagement, motivate creative thinking, and teach students to problem solve. Although offering significant opportunity to students, implementing DT can involve pushing against the traditional “grammar of schooling.” Drawing on in-depth qualitative case study data, we present findings on a previously low-performing, underenrolled middle school that underwent a dramatic shift when becoming a magnet school focused on DT. We explain the intentional leadership actions that facilitated structural and cultural changes, including building a collaborative leadership structure. Interactions between the principal and the teachers led to the emergence of practices that supported innovation schoolwide. At the same time, internal and external challenges rooted in the grammar of schooling arose, requiring educators to respond to sustain the momentum for change. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1086/709510
ISSN: 0195-6744, 1549-6511
Article
Change Has Changed: Children Need Wise Adults to Cope
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 10, no. 4
Date: Summer 1998
Pages: 12-13
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Exchange Teachers Plan and Some Experiences of an English Exchange Teacher in the U.S.A.
Publication: The Montessori Magazine: A Quarterly Journal for Teachers, Parents and Social Workers (India), vol. 4, no. 3
Date: Jul 1950
Pages: 43-45
Americas, Asia, India, North America, South Asia, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Changes and Changes
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 21, no. 1
Date: 2009
Pages: 4, 7
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Systemic Change and Educational Reform
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 16, no. 2
Date: Spring 1991
Pages: 145–163
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Presented at NAMTA conference on educational reform, Washington, DC, February 28-March 3, 1991
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Doctoral Dissertation
American Writings on Maria Montessori: An Inquiry into Changes in the Reception and Interpretations Given to Writings on Maria Montessori and Montessori Educational Ideas 1910-1915 and 1958-1970
Available from: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this dissertation will be to survey and analyze American writings on Maria Montessori and her educational system, in order to show how the idea of Montessori education has interacted with some changing American ideas and social forces. These changes in social and intellectual currents can be likened to a shift from centrifugal to centripetal force; or to the expansion and then the contraction of a universe. The central metaphor is the same. It is applicable to, and illustrative of, much about the changing social and educational scene in America. The writings on Montessori, examined against this framework, should provide a new view on certain changes in American educational thinking.
Language: English
Published: Kent, Ohio, 1973
Article
A Study Educational Philosophy of Maria Montessori and Its Relevance in Present Educational Scenario
Available from: Sabhavna Research Journal
Publication: Sadbhavna: Research Journal of Human Development, vol. 10, no. 2
Date: Jul 2020
Pages: 100-107
Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori system its impact can easily be seen in the field of pre-primary education in the European countries, U.S.A., India, China, Japan, African countries, Latin American countries and all through the world, This system has encouraged lovers of education to discover new methods of teaching young children. This system emphasized the necessity of study of children in order to educate them properly. As a result, education became child-centered. The construction of curriculum became oriented to the actual needs of life. It was considered necessary to provide a good environment in the school. The aims of education became oriented to individual development of each child. Hence emphasis was laid on the development of personality of each child. Proper training of teachers was considered necessary.
Language: English
ISSN: 2277-7377
Article
A Theosophical Paradigm in Montessori Educational Thought: A Point of Contact with Steiner Educational Thought / モンテッソーリ教育思想にみる神智学的パラダイム--シュタイナー教育思想との接点 / A Theosophical Paradigm in Montessori Educational Thought: A Point of Contact with Steiner Educational Thought
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 39
Date: 2006
Pages: 50-68
Montessori method of education, Theosophy, Waldorf method of education
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Abstract/Notes: This is an article from Montessori Education, a Japanese language periodical published by the Japan Association Montessori.
Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220