Abstract/Notes: Reviews of 4 research studies

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Abstract/Notes: Classist perspectives embedded in our meritocratic society permeate early childhood education. Curricula, instructional practices, and classroom interactions have the potential to send messages to children about who and what is valued by society; frequently influenced by the characteristics and abilities of a middle-class child. In order to best serve the needs and abilities of children from any social class, early childhood educators should be well versed in social-class sensitive pedagogy, a pedagogy that helps teachers to be inclusive of social class diversity in their classrooms. This chapter argues that aspects of Montessori theory, such as the four planes of development and the prepared adult, complement social-class sensitive pedagogy in ways that all early childhood educators may apply to their own teaching.

Language: English

Published: Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-78560-293-1 978-1-78560-292-4

Language: English

ISSN: 0026-0150

Abstract/Notes: Intended for teachers who have asked for information on how to manage a multi-age classroom, this book outlines the ideal classroom as it exists when all of the multi-age components are put in place. Opening sections of the guide discuss creating the multi-age classroom, and the advantages and principles of multi-age instruction. The next sections provide overviews of classroom organization, instructional strategies, curriculum, assessment and evaluation, and getting started. Each of these sections includes the overview, results of the changes brought about by multi-age instruction, and advice from the experts. Additional sections address scheduling, grouping strategies, working with Bloom's taxonomy, projects for active learners, using novels for literature instruction, and helping children discover themselves and others. Separate sections address the management of mathematics, authentic assessment and evaluation, and student record forms, with sample forms included. A glossary of

Language: English

Published: Edmonds, Washington: CATS Publications, Apr 1995

Edition: Revised

ISBN: 1-886753-03-2

Abstract/Notes: The goal of this qualitative thesis was study how Montessori pedagogy meets social guidance and social rehabilitation in a mental health rehabilitation housing unit. Upbringing, as a concept, was a uniting factor. The goal was to develop client work and make tacit knowledge visible through theory. By strengthening and supporting tacit knowledge, opportunity is given to the birth of new ideas thus increasing deliberation in work life. This thesis discusses socio-pedagogical work orientation, where theory and practice are combined forming an entirety, practical science. The theoretical base creates a prerequisite to the development of knowledge in practice. The thesis was done in collaboration with a working unit and empirical research material was gathered through interviewing personnel with a semi-structured questionnaire format. The questions were based on the six basic principles of the Montessori pedagogy. The meeting was seen in practice from the patients perspective, through observing natures significance and functionality in different ways. Instead, there was no meeting with customers involved in active assessment and documentation. Interviewees felt that tacit knowledge received theoretical background and interviews generated ideas. The pedagogical principles of the Montessori method often meet the principles of social guidance and social rehabilitation, and thus this study is applicable in many different operational environments. / Tämän kvalitatiivisen opinnäytetyön tarkoitus oli tutkia miten Montessori-pedagogiikka kohtaa sosiaaliohjauksen ja sosiaalisen kuntoutuksen mielenterveyskuntoutujien asumisyksikössä. Kasvatus käsitteenä oli yhdistävä tekijä. Tavoitteena oli asiakastyön kehittäminen sekä hiljaisen tiedon näkyväksi tekeminen teorian kautta. Vahvistamalla ja tukemalla hiljaista tietoa voidaan mahdollistaa myös työn kehittämistä uusien syntyvien ideoiden pohjalta sekä lisätä näin harkintaa työn teossa. Opinnäytetyötä ohjasi sosiaalipedagoginen työorientaatio, jossa teoria ja käytäntö kohtaavat muodostaen kokonaisuuden, käytännöllisen tieteen. Teoreettinen perusta luo edellytyksiä tiedon kehittymiselle käytäntöön. Opinnäytetyö on tehty yhteistyössä työelämän kumppanin kanssa ja empiirinen tutkimusaineisto saatiin haastattelemalla henkilökuntaa puoli strukturoiduilla haastattelukysymyksillä, jotka pohjautuivat Montessori-pedagogiikan kuudesta peruselementistä. Kohtaaminen näkyi käytännössä esimerkiksi asiakaslähtöisyytenä, luonnon merkityksen huomioimisena sekä toiminnallisuuden hyödyntämisenä eritavoin. Sen sijaan kohtaamista ei tapahtunut asiakkaiden osallisuudessa aktiiviseen arviointiin sekä dokumentoinnissa. Haastateltavat kokivat, että hiljainen tieto sai teoreettista taustaa ja haastattelut herättivät pohtimaan asioita. Montessori-pedagogiikan peruselementit kohtaavat suurelta osin sosiaaliohjauksen sekä sosiaalisen kuntoutuksen ja näin ollen tämä tutkimukseni on sovellettavissa moniin erilaisiin toiminta ympäristöihin.

Language: Finnish

Published: Vantaa, Finland, 2017

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241

Abstract/Notes: La presente investigación tiene como propósito identificar las representacionessociales hacia la violencia, de los estudiantes de la institución educativamunicipal Montessori del Municipio de Pitalito Huila. Los estudiantes, a pesarde que tienen información de los hechos violentos a partir de sus familias,reflejan representaciones sociales hacia la violencia con imágenes de muerte,asesinato, manipulación y privación, por cuanto fueron movilizados desus asentamientos originales por los grupos armados. Igualmente, se percibeninterpretaciones cognitivas de sentimientos de tristeza y miedo hacia laviolencia y deducen que la paz podría ser una opción para evitar estas situaciones.Con respecto a las relaciones sociales u opinión del entorno hacialos hechos de violencia, los entrevistados expresaron que el entorno hizocaso omiso de la situación y los medios de comunicación nunca expresaronapoyos hacia las víctimas. [The purpose of this research is to identify the social representations towardviolence, of the students of the Municipal Montessori Educational Institution of the Municipality of Pitalito, Huila. Although, the students have information on violent events from their families, they reflect social representations toward violence with images of death, murder, manipulation, anddeprivation, as they were mobilized from their original settlements by armedgroups. Similarly, cognitive interpretations of feelings of sadness and fearof violence are perceived and infer that peace could be an option to avoidthese situations. With regard to the social relationships or opinion of theenvironment toward acts of violence, the interviewees expressed that theenvironment overlooked the situation, and the media never expressed support for the victims.]

Language: Spanish

DOI: 10.21500/16578031.4394

ISSN: 2665-3354

Language: French

DOI: 10.4000/trema.4159

ISSN: 1167-315X

Language: Italian

ISSN: 2255-0666

Abstract/Notes: Il contributo ha un taglio storico con attenzione all’attualità e si occupa della pedagogia montessoriana, che è recentemente al centro di un dibattito vivace in Italia e di nuove sperimentazioni. Esso vuole mostrare il notevole valore etico e sociale presente nella proposta di Maria Montessori: un valore che attualmente è un po’ trascurato a livello divulgativo, perché la concezione montessoriana viene ridotta in alcuni casi a un metodo didattico (arredi a misura di bambino, materiali scientifici, maestra unica). Per questo motivo, l’autrice del contributo analizza il Discorso inaugurale in occasione dell’apertura di una Casa dei bambini nel 1907, scritto e pronunciato da Maria Montessori, focalizzandosi su alcuni temi. Il primo tema è quello degli spazi: il Discorso mette in luce come Montessori pensava al valore simbolico e sociale delle Case dei bambini e alla loro importanza per il recupero di situazioni di degrado e di miseria. Il secondo tema è quello del profilo professionale della maestra: le parole di Montessori mostrano come l’insegnante ha una importante funzione sociale ed è la persona che cresce i futuri cittadini favorendone la consapevolezza critica attraverso una relazione fondata sull’autonomia. Una rilettura dell’opera montessoriana in questa luce ci sprona anche a rivedere le proposte di altri pensatori della nostra storia culturale non come metodi didattici, pur innovativi e interessanti, ma anche e soprattutto nel loro messaggio sociale. Questa prospettiva appare sempre più urgente e doverosa in un’epoca come la nostra, che si trova ad affrontare problemi molto gravi riguardo alle condizioni dell’infanzia. [The contribution has a historical focus with attention to current affairs and deals with Montessori education, which has recently been at the centre of a lively debate in Italy and new experiments. It wants to show the remarkable ethical and social value present in the proposal of Maria Montessori: a value that is currently somewhat neglected at the level of popularization because the Montessori concept is reduced in some cases to an educational method (child-friendly furnishings, materials and methods, single teacher). For this reason, the author of the contribution analyzes the inaugural speech on the occasion of the opening of a Children's Home in 1907, written and pronounced by Maria Montessori, focusing on some themes. The first theme is that of spaces: the Discourse highlights how Montessori thought of the symbolic and social value of the homes of children and their importance for the recovery of situations of degradation and misery. The second theme is that of the professional profile of the teacher: the words of Montessori show how the teacher has an important social function and is the person who grows future citizens, encouraging critical awareness through a relationship based on autonomy. A reinterpretation of the Montessori work in this light also encourages us to review the proposals of other authors of our cultural history not as educational methods, although innovative and interesting, but also and above all in their social message. This perspective appears ever more urgent and necessary in our age, which is facing very serious problems concerning the conditions of childhood.]

Language: Italian

DOI: 10.5902/1984644434579

ISSN: 1984-6444