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La polarización de la atención y las armas de distracción masiva / Polarization of attention and mass arms of distraction

Available from: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Publication: RELAdEI (Revista Latinoamericana de Educación Infantil), vol. 3, no. 3

Pages: 97-108

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Abstract/Notes: María Montessori empezó a descubrir la infancia a partir de la capacidad que el niño pequeño tiene de polarizar su atención. En la base de la capacidad de atención están los poderes de la mente absorbente que hoy los estudios de la neurociencia han descubierto con indiscutibles pruebas empíricas. Su pedagogía puede definirse como pedagogía de la atención: atención hacia el niño, atención hacia los detalles, atención hacia la atención del niño. Los estudios sobre la capacidad de atención y sobre la relación entre la atención y la memoria confirman que es necesario proporcionar a los niños la posibilidad de concentrarse durante largo tiempo en una actividad (trabajo) con materiales adecuados y sin interrumpirlos jamás. Actualmente existen múltiples y variadas tecnologías de la información que fragmentan y fomentan una tendencia a la atención superficial en los niños y en los jóvenes. Por esto, la propuesta educativa y didáctica montessoriana resulta más actual hoy que al inicio del pasado siglo. [Montessori began her discovery of childhood starting from the polarization of attention in young children. Behind attention are the powers of the absorbent mind that neuroscience today is discovering with irrefutable empirical evidence. It is the pedagogy of attention: attention to the child, attention to the details, focus on the attention of the child. Studies on attention and the relationship between attention and memory have confirmed that it is necessary to give children the opportunity to focus on a specific activity for a long time using suitable materials, without interruptions. Today, there are many technologies that break up the attention of children and young people. This is why Montessori education and teaching is more relevant today than at the beginning of the last century.]

Language: Spanish

ISSN: 2255-0666

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Action Possibilities Enhancing the Spiritual Wellbeing of Young Children: Applying Affordance Theory to the Godly Play Room

Available from: MDPI

Publication: Religions, vol. 13, no. 12

Pages: Article 1202

Godly Play

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Abstract/Notes: Godly Play is an approach to religious education for young children between the ages of three and eight. The Godly Play room, modelled on Montessori’s prepared environment, provides opportunities for young children to respond to Sacred stories, Parables and Liturgical actions presented by the Storyteller through art using any of the materials available to them. However, there is a paucity of research into how different spatial affordances may enhance opportunities for spiritual development in the Godly Play room. This article examines the Godly Play room through the lens of affordance theory. It applies elements of the notion of affordances to three documented anecdotes of Godly Play storytellers to show particular action possibilities enhance opportunities for spiritual development and wellbeing. The analysis highlights the importance of the Storyteller’s guidance, the readily accessible materials, and the dedicated space in which Godly Play is undertaken.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3390/rel13121202

ISSN: 2077-1444

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A Time-Sampling Analysis of Montessori versus Traditional Classroom Interaction

Available from: Taylor and Francis Online

Publication: The Journal of Educational Research, vol. 66, no. 7

Pages: 313-316

Americas, Comparative education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America

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Abstract/Notes: Intensive observations were made of the classroom behavior of students enrolled in a Montessori academy versus students in a public elementary school. Twelve behavioral measures yielded information in four general areas: type of task involvement, source of supervision for academic tasks, size of task group, and amount of physical movement within the classroom. While students in the two schools showed a similar distribution of time between concentrated academic effort and distractive activities, the two groups were sharply distinguished on most of the other behavioral measures. In general, the classroom behavior of the Montessori and public school students coincided with the educational philosophies espoused by the two types of schools. No differences were found in the responses of boys and girls, but a pattern of behavior reflecting greater personal autonomy was found to differentiate the older from the younger students (fourth grade versus first grade levels).

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/00220671.1973.10884492

ISSN: 0022-0671

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'The Coke side of life': An exploration of preschoolers' construction of product and selves through talk-in-interaction around Coca-Cola

Available from: Emerald Insight

Publication: Young Consumers, vol. 10, no. 4

Pages: 314-328

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Abstract/Notes: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose the activity‐based focus group as a useful method with which to generate talk‐in‐interaction among pre‐schoolers. Analytically, it aims to illustrate how transcribed talk‐in‐interaction can be subjected to a discourse analytic lens, to produce insights into how pre‐schoolers use “Coca‐Cola” as a conversational resource with which to build product‐related meanings and social selves. Design/methodology/approach Fourteen activity‐based discussion groups with pre‐schoolers aged between two and five years have been conducted in a number of settings including privately run Montessori schools and community based preschools in Dublin. The talk generated through these groups has been transcribed using the conventions of conversation analysis (CA). Passages of talk characterized by the topic of Coca‐Cola were isolated and a sub‐sample of these are analysed here using a CA‐informed discourse analytic approach. Findings A number of linguistic repertoires are drawn on, including health, permission and age. Coca‐Cola is constructed as something which is “bad” and has the potential to make one “mad”. It is an occasion‐based product permitted by parents for example as a treat, at the cinema or at McDonalds. It can be utilised to build “age‐based” social selves. “Big” boys or girls can drink Coca‐Cola but it is not suitable for “babies”. Originality/value This paper provides insight into the use of the activity‐based focus group as a data generation tool for use with pre‐schoolers. A discourse analytic approach to the interpretation of children's talk‐in‐interaction suggests that the preschool consumer is competent in accessing and employing a consumer artefact such as Coca‐Cola as a malleable resource with which to negotiate product meanings and social selves.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1108/17473610911007148

ISSN: 1747-3616

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Children’s Automatic Evaluation of Self-Generated Actions is Different from Adults

Available from: Wiley Online Library

Publication: Developmental Science, vol. 24, no. 3

Pages: e13045

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Abstract/Notes: Performance monitoring (PM) is central to learning and decision making. It allows individuals to swiftly detect deviations between actions and intentions, such as response errors, and adapt behavior accordingly. Previous research showed that in adult participants, error monitoring is associated with two distinct and robust behavioral effects. First, a systematic slowing down of reaction time speed is typically observed following error commission, which is known as post-error slowing (PES). Second, response errors have been reported to be automatically evaluated as negative events in adults. However, it remains unclear whether (1) children process response errors as adults do (PES), (2) they also evaluate them as negative events, and (3) their responses vary according to the pedagogy experienced. To address these questions, we adapted a simple decision-making task previously validated in adults to measure PES as well as the affective processing of response errors. We recruited 8- to 12-year-old children enrolled in traditional (N = 56) or Montessori (N = 45) schools, and compared them to adults (N = 46) on the exact same task. Results showed that children processed correct actions as positive events, and that adults processed errors as negative events. By contrast, PES was similarly observed in all groups. Moreover, the former effect was observed in traditional schoolchildren, but not in Montessori schoolchildren. These findings suggest that unlike PES, which likely reflects an age-invariant attention orienting toward response errors, their affective processing depends on both age and pedagogy.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/desc.13045

ISSN: 1467-7687

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Relationship betweeen perceived Montessori characteristics and parents satisfaction

Publication: European Journal of Social Sciences / Revue Européene des Sciences Sociales, vol. 16, no. 3

Pages: 371-391

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Abstract/Notes: Perceived Montessori Characteristics refers to as Montessori internal and external environment that contributes to an individuality of a Montessori kindergarten. Focus of this study is the internal attributes, which are academic, teachers’ social skills and corporate image. Understanding of a new concept in an education business is very important for developing an effective marketing strategy, in order to regulate marketing practice or to cause socially desirable behaviors. The total of 225 questionnaires was distributed to the parents. However, completed questionnaire returned were 151 with 67% response rate. In factor analysis of perceived Montessori characteristics conducted also found that the three sub-dimensions have converted to six sub-dimensions. The six new sub-dimensions of perceived Montessori characteristics were core alternative competencies, corporate image, teachers’ cooperation, teachers’ assertion, core competencies and teachers’ climate. The future research needs to empirically testing these dimensions towards parent’s satisfaction.

Language: English

ISSN: 1450-2267

Book Section

Grusswort des Vorsitzenden der Aktionsgemeinschaft Deutscher Montessori-Vereine (ADMV) [Greetings from the Chairman of the Action Committee of the German Montessori Association (ADMV)]

Book Title: Montessori-Pädagogik in Deutschland: Rückblick - Aktualität - Zukunftsperspektiven ; 40 Jahre Montessori-Vereinigung e.V. [Montessori Pedagogy in Germany: Review - Current Issues - Future Perspectives 40 years of the Montessori Association]

Pages: 39-41

Europe, Germany, Western Europe

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Language: German

Published: Münster, Germany: Lit, 2002

ISBN: 978-3-8258-5746-2

Series: Impulse der Reformpädagogik , 7

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MACTE U.S. Recognition Petition Awaits Action

Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records

Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 6, no. 4

Pages: 22

Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE), Public Montessori

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Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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Interaction Between Educational Approach and Space: The Case of Montessori

Available from: Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Publication: Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 1

Pages: 265-274

Architecture, Design, Learning environments

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Abstract/Notes: This study aims to emphasize that the realization of effective educational approaches depends on the design of spaces suitable for the determined philosophy, and to reveal the design decisions required by the Montessori educational approach. A three-step method was followed in the line of the aim of this study. The first step is to acquire theoretical knowledge about the Montessori educational approach. The second step is to perform a spatial analysis based on the obtained plan schedules and visual materials from the school samples that have adopted the Montessori educational approach and designed by the designers according to this approach and the final step is to bring design decisions to designers and educators in order to create educational environments for the Montessori educational approach, depending on the literature and school analysis. In the study, it is observed in Montessori educational approach that the relationship between interior and exterior spaces is very important, that the circulation spaces and classrooms are designed as flexible multipurpose spaces depending on the basic principles of freedom, socialization, and that child-scale design and natural light are extremely important for all of the areas in question. It is seen that the Montessori approach is influential on educational spaces and the presence of spaces embodying this approach has a correspondence in architecture. In this context, this study, which reveals the relationship between learning environments and learning efficiency, is considered to be a source of data for the schools to be designed in this direction.

Language: English

DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/79799

ISSN: 1305-8215, 1305-8223

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Exercises for the Memorization of Subtraction

Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records

Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1965-1973), vol. 5, no. 2

Pages: 1-22

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Language: English

ISSN: 0010-700X

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