Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Putnam, 1966

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Putnam, 1965

Abstract/Notes: Montessori education has been in use for more than a century in countries around the globe and has been studied in a wide variety of academic disciplines, assembled together here in one volume for the first time. Maria Montessori began her work with cognitively delayed children, but her legacy is the pedagogical approach she initially developed working with young children from low-income families in Italy. As described in this handbook, Montessori created classroom environments with materials supporting children working independently and a radically different teacher preparation system focused on the teacher as an observing guide. Montessori’s pedagogy as explained through her writings and lectures, detailed in this handbook, is based on her scientific training, using systematic observation and careful documentation of children’s behaviors in the classroom. Her ideas have spread widely as a truly international form of education, with Montessori schools in 148 countries and significant public Montessori programs in the United States, the Netherlands, Thailand and India. Today, Montessori education is available for infants through adolescents and even for the elderly. The Handbook of Montessori Education is an accessible compilation of works tracing Montessori education from its historical and philosophical roots to current research including neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and education, and scholarship in contemporary issues of culture, race and ethnicity, disability studies, gender, indigeneity, and environmentalism. / Includes a glossary of Montessori terminology.

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury, 2023

ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1988

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Random House, 1988

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1971

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1965

ISBN: 0-8052-0098-3

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1964

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1914

Abstract/Notes: This handbook was designed as a guide to acquaint child care workers and parents with the broad spectrum of preschool programs now in existence. In section I, theoretical approaches to preschool education such as Montessori, Piagetian, Progressive, Developmental-Interactionist, Behaviorist, and Psychoanalytic and the effects of these different approaches on practice are reviewed and discussed. Section II contains descriptions of a wide variety of center-based and home-based preschool programs and Section III presents a brief overview of the evaluation of preschool programs. In Section IV, some considerations and recommendations for establishing an effective preschool program are presented and in Section V, the importance of preschool education is examined. Section VI contains a discussion of trends, issues and future directions of preschool education. An extensive bibliography is included.

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Bank Street College of Education, 1977