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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
Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
A Comparison of the Achievement Test Performance of Children Who Attended Montessori Schools and Those Who Attended Non-Montessori Schools in Taiwan
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Asia, China, East Asia, Taiwan
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Abstract/Notes: There are two purposes of the current study. First was to examine whether or not children in the elementary school in Taiwan who had received Montessori early childhood education obtain significantly higher scores on tests of language arts, math, and social studies than children who attended non-Montessori pre-elementary programs. Second one was to examine whether or not the number years of Montessori education has a positive impact on the students' scores when they are in elementary grades. According to Chattin-McNichols (1992b), children from Montessori education program are doing better in some respects than other programs. Some studies have found that in the United States, Montessori students have strong academic outcomes especially in language arts than non-Montessori students (Daux, 1995; Hobbs, 2008; Lillard & Else-Quest, 2006; Manner, 1999). The present study involved 196 participants from a private Catholic elementary school in Taipei City, Taiwan. Ninety-eight first, second, and third grade students had Montessori early childhood experience and 98 first, second, and third grade students did not have Montessori early childhood experience. Using one-way MANOVA as a statistical tool, there were mixed results in the present study. The results showed students who had Montessori early childhood education experience had higher test scores of language arts than the students who did not have Montessori education experience. In conclusion, the present study partially supports the findings of other studies and shows that Montessori education has some long-term impact on the students' language arts learning.
Language: English
Published: Terre Haute, Indiana, 2009
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
Families Working with Schools, Schools Working with Families, a Family-School Partnership
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 6, no. 1
Date: 1994
Pages: 5
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Abstract/Notes: Draft AMS position paper
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
CCMA Guide to Best Practices for Montessori Schools and Schools with Montessori Programs
Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 1, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 19–22
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Language: English
Article
Seeking Racial and Ethnic Parity in Preschool Outcomes: An Exploratory Study of Public Montessori Schools vs. Business-as-Usual Schools
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: 2023
Pages: 16-36
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori pedagogy is a century-old, whole-school system increasingly used in the public sector. In the United States, public Montessori schools are typically Title I schools that mostly serve children of color. The present secondary, exploratory data analysis examined outcomes of 134 children who entered a lottery for admission to public Montessori schools in the northeastern United States at age 3; half were admitted and enrolled and the rest enrolled at other preschool programs. About half of the children were identified as White, and half were identified as African American, Hispanic, or multiracial. Children were tested in the fall when they enrolled and again in the subsequent three springs (i.e., through the kindergarten year) on a range of measures addressing academic outcomes, executive function, and social cognition. Although the Black, Hispanic, and multiracial group tended to score lower in the beginning of preschool in both conditions, by the end of preschool, the scores of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students enrolled in Montessori schools were not different from the White children; by contrast, such students in the business-as-usual schools continued to perform less well than White children in academic achievement and social cognition. The study has important limitations that lead us to view these findings as exploratory, but taken together with other findings, the results suggest that Montessori education may create an environment that is more conducive to racial and ethnic parity than other school environments.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Blog Post
Are Montessori Schools Better Than Public Schools?
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Abstract/Notes: Dr. Angeline Lillard discusses her new research on the benefits of a Montessori education.
Language: English
Published: Dec 16, 2021
Book
Preschools and Montessori Preschools: A Discussion
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Language: English
Published: Newtown, Australia: Nursery School Teacher's College, 1980
Article
Flotsam and Jetsam; Amsterdam - Children at Montessori Primary Schools Perform Better than Other Children in Traditional Schools
Available from: Digital Library of the Caribbean
Publication: Bonaire Reporter (Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands)
Date: Sep 30, 2013
Pages: 3
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Language: English
Article
Nursery Schools: A Primer for Parents: 13 Outstanding Nursery Schools
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 88, no. 11
Date: Nov 1971
Pages: 74, 159-164
Americas, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Includes some basic information about Montessori schools in America.
Language: English
ISSN: 0023-7124