Abstract/Notes: The undertaken research was initiated by the internal research fund of the department of education (Högskolan i Gävle), aiming to bring new thoughts in the history of education through international and retrospective investigation. More specifically, the intention of the undertaken research aimed to enlarge and renew the reality of the fate of Montessori’s and Vygotsky’s special pedagogical ideas in Russia with certain extensions to Europe between 1909-1939. The frame for the research period (1909-1939) is describing Montessori’ and Vygotsky’ ideas as being formally introduced, developed, applied, partly interacting and finally disappearing from the international pedagogical scientific arena. Their scientific presence returned back about two decades later, differently for Vygotsky and Montessori, connecting their ideas to a specific series of events of the Russian and European societal and educational history.Theoretical departure and framework was taken from ‘reformistic or social-pedagogical’ movement, uniting numerous ideas in the European, American and Russian pedagogical contexts at the beginning of the 20s century. The research was focused on how Montessori’s and Vygotsky’s ideas were presented and understood by professional and political elites in the Russian and European ideological contexts during this period. Research methodology was composed out of historical-pedagogical research, determined through a general background and dominant requirements of pedagogical knowledge development, affected by ideological influence on the formation of pedagogy as a science. The hermeneutics of the research procedure was based on a qualitative study of the texts and inductive content analysis. This approach emphasized the sustainable presence of interaction of ideas derived directly from the chosen for analysis texts of: philosophers; Vygotsky and Montessori original texts; different official documents and scientific fundamentals of reformistic pedagogy from the applied for this research time period, etc.

Language: English

Pages: article 343

Language: English

ISSN: 1470-8647

Abstract/Notes: This study indicates several areas in which the contributions of Piaget, Dewey, and Vygotsky appear to substantiate Montessori theory and practice. Historical information concerning the emergence and accessibility of developmental and educational theory is also provided. The work identifies similarities and differences in the theorists' views of the ways in which children learn, ways in which the learning process includes the social environment, and ways in which human beings perceive the world and learn from it. Topics addressed include characteristics of developmental stages, the nature of language acquisition, the construction of the self, the influence of social interaction and experiences with language on cognitive development, and the development of internal thought and consciousness. It is asserted that the Montessori method provides the means for the kind of social and individual growth that enables children to become "the heroes of their own lives," and leads to confident and responsible participation in a democratic culture. Concluding remarks focus on the importance of the concept of the "zone of proximal development" as a sign to teachers of a limit to their knowledge of children, and an admonition to teachers to be more observant and less directing concerning learning activities of the child.

Language: English

Published: [S.I.]: [s.n.], 1988

Series: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) , ED304210

Language: English

DOI: 10.2307/356939

ISSN: 0010-096X, 1939-9006

Language: English

ISSN: 0010-700X

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(00)00009-X

ISSN: 0732-118X, 1873-3522

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Abstract/Notes: A look at the ideas of five educational theorists in relation to early childhood care. An easy-to-learn overview of the theorist opens each chapter. The author then distills the theorists' work to reveal how it relates to child care and children.

Language: English

Published: St. Paul, Minnesota: Redleaf Press, 2000

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-884834-85-X 978-1-884834-85-1

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241