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Doctoral Dissertation
Barriers Contributing to the Minimal Participation of African American Parents in Their Children's Schools: A Qualitative Case Study of African American Parent Involvement in an Urban K–8 Elementary School in Minnesota
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Early childhood care and education - Parent participation, Early childhood education - Parent participation, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Parent participation, Parent-teacher relationships, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This research is a case study of African American parent involvement at a urban Montessori school in Minnesota. African American parents at this school have had limited involvement in conferences, PTSO meetings, school activities, and on the Site-Based Leadership Team. An examination of the literature was made to investigate the influences on African American parents when they make decisions about their parental involvement. This research covered the historical background, theoretical background, implications, racial barriers, and strategies that increased African American parent involvement. An ethnography was designed to gather data from 9 mothers of African American students. These parents provided information about their backgrounds and their experiences with the school. Staff at the school (6) were interviewed as to their experiences with African American parent involvement. The results of the study offer findings on attitudes, perceptions, needs and ideas for improving African American parent involvement at any school.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2000
Article
Venticinque anni di lavoro Montessori in Africa [Twenty-five years of Montessori work in Africa]
Publication: Vita dell'Infanzia (Opera Nazionale Montessori), vol. 43, no. 6
Date: 1994
Pages: 48-53
Africa, Montessori method of education - History, Muriel I. Dwyer - Biographic sources, Muriel I. Dwyer - Writings
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0042-7241
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African Harmony [Durban, South Africa]
Publication: Montessori Courier, vol. 3, no. 5
Date: Dec 1991
Pages: 24–25
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Language: English
ISSN: 0959-4108
Article
Pinunuuchi Po'og'ani: Southern Ute Indian Academy
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 14, no. 4
Date: 2002
Pages: 30–31
Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Cairo [Illinois] Takes the Leap: Southern Illinois District Converts Preschool-Grade 1 Program to Montessori Format
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 2, no. 1
Date: Fall 1989
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
Early Childhood Educators' Perceptions of Kindergarten Readiness in a Southern Ohio School District: Implications for Educational Leadership
Americas, Comparative education, Kindergarten (Froebel system of education), Montessori method of education, North America, Readiness for school, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: Dayton, Ohio, 1998
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To Southern California in a Ford
Available from: California Digital Newspaper Collection
Publication: Petaluma Argus Courier (Petaluma, California)
Date: Jul 19, 1917
Pages: 2
Americas, Boyland (Santa Barbara, California), Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Prynce Hopkins - Biographic sources, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "...The last day we saw the most interesting things of all. One was an institution which is the only one of its kind in the world. It is called Boyland, and is being built by a wealthy man who has original ideas about educating boys. One thing he is making is a map of the world right outdoors. In a circle a quarter of a mile around they are building the continents and islands of the world. North and South America and many islands are completed and they are working on the other continents. When the land is finished, the water for oceans, lakes and rivers will be turned on and fas jets lighted to represent volcanos. It is perfectly wonderful. They are building a beautiful, large house of Moorish architecture which will contain dormitories, dining rooms, class rooms, and all under one root. And all is so high that a beautiful view of city, hills and ocean is spread out before you..."
Language: English
Article
Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades, A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 7, no. 4
Date: 1999
Pages: 22
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Abstract/Notes: Review of text/video package
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Il metodo Montessori in Africa
Publication: La Voce dell'Africa
Date: 1970
Pages: 9-10
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0049-6626
Article
The Montessori Home School, Rondebosch, South Africa
Available from: Atlante Montessori
Publication: The Call of Education / L'Appel de l'Éducation / La chiamata dell'Educazione: Psycho-pedagogical Journal (International Organ of the Montessori Movement), vol. 1, no. 3/4
Date: 1924
Pages: 255-258
Africa, Constance Marriott - Biographic sources, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract/Notes: Includes mentions of: Mrs. Leigh; Miss Constance Marriott; "Mrs. Leigh persuaded Miss Marriott to come out to South Africa, and in Ocxtober 1916, the first Montessori School was started in this sub-continent"; "The Home School comprises thge Montessori Garden Day School of 40 pupils and the Children's Hostel (the first of it's kind in South Africa), which can accommodate 20 children, from 2 years of age to 10 for boys and 12 for girls."
Language: English