Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Abstract/Notes: Cattolicesimo, teosofia, spiritualità orientale, psicologia, antropologia, modernismo, istinto morale, spinta alla pace e alla libertà, pragmatismo e ritualità si mescolano nella dottrina, nella pratica didattica e nella vita di Maria Montessori, scienziata “molteplice”, con impareggiabili e modernissimi caratteri di sincretismo culturale. [Catholicism, theosophy, oriental spirituality, psychology, anthropology, modernism, moral instinct, drive for peace and freedom, pragmatism and rituals are mixed in the doctrine, teaching practice and life of Maria Montessori, a "manifold" scientist, with unparalleled and very modern characters of cultural syncretism.]

Language: Italian

Published: Rome, Italy: Fefè Editore, 2011

ISBN: 978-88-95988-34-4

Series: Pagine Vere , 15

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study is to explore the spiritual preparation process of a classroom team and its effects on the adults and children in the classroom. It aimed to identify traits and behaviors of leaders and colleagues which support healthy spirituality necessary for a harmonious classroom. The researcher collected data through instruments used by the members of the classroom team, including pre/post surveys, an interactive video journal application called Marco Polo, classroom observations, and a photo journal curated by the members of the team. The researcher then tracked themes throughout the data to identify patterns of behavior which did or did not support adults’ connections to each other, the children and families in their care, and/or the environment of the classroom. It was found that connection to each of these elements was increased through intentional communication both in times of ease and flow, as well as times of challenge. Acceptance of these cycles of joyful and difficult moments as “normal” was also an important factor in the classroom team’s development of shared spirituality.

Language: English

Published: River Falls, Wisconsin, 2023

Abstract/Notes: Avec plus ou moins de prégnance, la pédagogie Montessori reste à la mode depuis plus d'un siècle. Entre les avis très laudatifs et les critiques les plus acerbes, que savons-nous de celle qui a inventé une méthode pédagogique, basée sur une expérience unique, la Casa dei Bambini, et qui a traversé le temps avec aussi peu de modifications ? Ce texte vise à éclairer les dimensions idéologique, épistémologique et spirituelle sur lesquelles s’appuient la doctrine et la méthode. En évitant les controverses stériles, nous montrerons en quoi, si la méthode présente un intérêt indéniable, certains points nécessitent une clarification. [With varying degrees of significance, Montessori pedagogy remained trendy for more than a century. Between the very laudatory opinions and the sharpest critics, what do we know about the one who invented a pedagogical method based on a unique experience, the Casa dei Bambini, who has transcended time with few changes? This text aims to enlighten the ideological, epistemological and spiritual dimensions on which the doctrine and the method are based. By avoiding sterile controversies, we will show how, if the method is of undeniable interest, certain points require clarification.]

Language: French

DOI: 10.4000/trema.4369

ISSN: 1167-315X

Abstract/Notes: Has Maria Montessori an religious horizon? Yes, she have, but it’s laic and cosmic. It’s tied to her scientific education and to the cultural context in which she lived

Language: Italian

DOI: 10.13128/Studi_Formaz-16184

ISSN: 2036-6981

Abstract/Notes: Il saggio ricostruisce le riflessioni - sia di taglio spirituale sia di taglio pedagogico - sviluppate da Maria Montessori circa la Grande Guerra: soprattutto nel volume "Autoeducazione", pubblicato nel 1916. [The essay reconstructs the reflections - both spiritual and pedagogical - developed by Maria Montessori about the Great War: especially in the volume "Self-education", published in 1916.]

Language: Italian

Published: Lecce, Italy: Pensa Multimedia, 2018

ISBN: 978-88-6760-416-6

Language: Italian

Published: Rome, Italy: Fefè Editore, 2011

ISBN: 978-88-95988-34-4

Language: Italian

Published: Bologna, Italy: Il Mulino, 2002

ISBN: 978-88-15-08943-4

Series: Saggi , 570

Abstract/Notes: The focus of this research is the spiritual experience of young children in early childhood educational settings. Spirituality is included in the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, Te Whariki, but is a relatively unarticulated aspect of educational practice. In order to find out how spirituality is supported in early childhood educational contexts this qualitative case study research took place in three early childhood settings: a Montessori casa, a private preschool and a Steiner (Waldorf) kindergarten. The methods used in the research included participant observation, interviews and focus groups. The teachers were asked to make a video about spirituality to reflect their own context and photographs were taken in each setting. The metaphor of spiritual landscape is used in this research. In this landscape everyday experience merged with the spiritual to form the concept of everyday spirituality. The cultural theories of everyday life supported a realisation that ordinary daily activity can become wonderful and mysterious when the spiritual dimension is realised. The themes that emerged from analysis of the case studies are conceptualised as transformative aspects of learning and relationships. They are aspects of everyday spirituality identified as spiritual withness; spiritual inbetweenness; and the spiritually elsewhere. Representing spiritual experience is challenging. The thesis is written in narrative form and contains core narratives as prose and poems. Using writing as a means of discovery made communicating spirituality through the medium of words a possibility. Spirituality is proposed to be an inclusive concept that affirms a sense of connection and this thesis found that all pedagogical practices in early childhood settings have the potential to include a spiritual aspect. In Aotearoa New Zealand many children lead their everyday lives in the context of an early childhood environment that includes teachers and parents as part of that community. This thesis argues that when everyday spirituality permeates early childhood contexts that all aspects of the curriculum are realised and the spiritual experience of everyone connected to that setting is supported.

Language: English

Published: Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2007

Language: Italian

Published: Roma, Italy: Fefè Editore, 2016

ISBN: 978-88-95988-77-1

Series: Pagine Vere , 29