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Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
A Comparative Multi-Case Study of Teacher Roles in U.S. Montessori Preschool and Saudi Public Preschool
Available from: OhioLINK ETD Center
Americas, Asia, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Middle East, Montessori method of education - Teachers, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, Saudi Arabia, Teachers, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast teacher roles in two early childhood education settings—a U.S. Montessori preschool and a traditional Saudi public preschool—and to examine the philosophical, cultural, and theoretical influences on those roles. Cognitive constructivism, social constructivism, and multi-cultural theories were used as a research framework. Data was collected from the two teacher cases in their respective settings through classroom observations, in-depth interviews, and lesson plan/student assessment documents. The study’s findings showed that the roles of a U.S. Montessori preschool teacher and the roles of a Saudi traditional preschool teacher are generally much the same. Though the contexts and the surrounding national cultures and educational philosophies contrast significantly, the work of an early childhood teacher can be summarized in five categories which were consistent between data contexts: academic instruction, relationship with students and other adults, personal and professional development, behavioral management, and environmental preparation. Complementing this general role similarity between contexts, however, was the contrast in aspects of these roles between the two case teachers: the degrees of their attention to their roles, their efforts to perform these roles with excellence, and their application of their philosophies within their particular preschool settings and national cultures. Internationally, ECE programs need clarity about teachers’ responsibilities and a greater awareness of the cultural and philosophical influences on preschool teachers’ work.
Language: English
Published: Kent, Ohio, 2017
Doctoral Dissertation
New Education and Alternative Schools in Taiwan: Educational Research from 1949 to 2005 Taking Special Account of Ten Alternative Schools
Asia, China, East Asia, Taiwan
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Abstract/Notes: Reviewed in Communications 2008/1 // In her dissertation she analyses the efforts of New Education in her home country and compares them to European reform approaches. In this context she analyses and evaluates a large amount of written documents and adds to her literary research especially for the ten alternative schools her own studies at these schools and interviews with the educationalists/teachers responsible. One of the analysed schools was a Montessori school, another one was a Waldorf school. The survey communicates interesting insights and findings about school development in an increasingly democratising Asian country that is scarcely considered in Germany.
Language: English
Published: Münster, Germany, 2005
Article
Would You Send Your Child to a "New" School?: They're the New Breed of Private School-Strictly Non-Establishment, Where Children May Learn in French, or by Touch, or Not No to Class at All
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Chatelaine, vol. 41, no. 8
Date: Aug 1968
Pages: 15, 65-68
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Language: English
ISSN: 0009-1995
Article
The OEkos Schools Program Sites [14 public schools]
Publication: OEkosphere [Œkosphere], vol. 1, no. 2
Date: Jan/Feb 1995
Pages: 6
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Language: English
Article
AMI School Celebrates a Newly Remodeled Facility [Flossmoor Montessori School, Flossmoor, IL]
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: Mar 1998
Pages: 3
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Language: English
Article
Every School Has a Story [Selkirk Montessori School, Victoria, British Columbia]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 24, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 4
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Language: English
Article
AMS2010-nen zenkoku taikai sanka to Horizon Montessori School e no hōmon / AMS2010年全国大会参加とHorizon Montessori Schoolへの訪問 / AMS 2010 National Conference and Visiting Horizon Montessori School
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 43
Date: 2010
Pages: 152-156
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Abstract/Notes: This is an article from Montessori Education, a Japanese language periodical published by the Japan Association Montessori.
Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220
Article
Openlucht Montessori School voor gezonde Kinderen, Bloemendaal [Open-air Montessori School for Healthy Children]
Available from: Delpher - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland
Publication: De 8 en Opbouw, vol. 3, no. 14
Date: Jul 8, 1932
Pages: 137-
Architecture, Europe, Holland, Montessori schools, Netherlands, Western Europe
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Language: Dutch
Article
Montessori Milestones [Lillian Mullane, Joy Turner, Lexington (MA) Montessori School, The Montessori School (Albuquerque, NM), teacher education scholarships]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 5, no. 4
Date: 1993
Pages: 8–9
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Scuola speciale e scuola integrata [Special school and integrated school]
Publication: Vita dell'Infanzia (Opera Nazionale Montessori), vol. 24, no. 6
Date: 1975
Pages: 3-5
Children with disabilities, Inclusive education, Marziola Pignatari - Writings, Montessori method of education, Special education
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0042-7241