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Doctoral Dissertation
Examining Montessori Middle School Through a Self-Determination Theory Lens: A Mixed Methods Study of the Lived Experiences of Adolescents
Available from: University of California eScholarship
Self-determination, Self-determination theory
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori education was developed over a century ago. Dr. Montessori and her followers designed learning environments to meet the academic, social and psychological needs of students from eighteen months to eighteen years old. Within her writings and books, Dr. Montessori described strategies and structures that support autonomy, competence and relatedness. These same supports are found within Self-determination Theory (SDT) literature. Research points towards a link between satisfaction of the basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness and increased resilience, goal achievement, and feelings of well-being. . This study examined the influence of enrollment on the development of self- determination in a Montessori middle school which is intentionally created to support the development of autonomy, competence, and relatedness on adolescents. Bounded by self-determination, critical, and student voice theory, this research was designed to give voice to the most important stakeholders in education, add to the discourse on middle school reform, and provide the perspective of the student to the critique of middle level education. Based on the analysis of narrative, the major themes which represented all participants in all cycles were indicators of the importance of autonomy and relatedness. Two themes, "choose type of work", "choose order of tasks" illustrate the importance of autonomy to this group of students. The last major theme, "help me stay on top of things" highlighted the importance of relatedness to the study group. From these themes implications for middle level educators, educational leaders and future researchers were developed. Participants in the study voiced strong opinions about practices which supported autonomy and relatedness. Students valued the ability to choose the order of their tasks and the tasks they could choose to demonstrate understanding as well as the ability to re-take tests. These changes require a paradigm shift to a student- centered learning environment. Educational leaders can support this shift through providing staff development and planning time. Future research suggested by this study include studies which could further examine a possible link between relatedness support and student achievement and studies designed to capture the voices of students with a low measured SDT
Language: English
Published: San Diego, California, 2013
Doctoral Dissertation
Montessori in India: A Study of the Application of her Method in a Developing Country
Available from: University of Sydney Libraries
Asia, Ceylon, India, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., South Asia, Sri Lanka, Theosophical Society, Theosophy
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Abstract/Notes: In India the Montessori Method has survived in various forms for a continuous period longer than virtually anywhere else in the world. Its adoption coincided with a crucial period in the nation's history when a growing nationalist movement was seeking to rid the country of foreign domination and dependency. Although the Method was foreign, the emphasis on liberty and the development of individuals capable of independent thought and action appealed to elite groups and to elements of the nationalist movement. The Method was believed to be modern and scientific and was greeted with enthusiasm by those who sought modernization and progress in a traditional society. Late in life Maria Montessori, accompanied by her son Mario, visited India, and her presence over a period of almost nine years from 1939-46 and 1947-49 gave a boost to the growing Montessori movement. Whilst in India, Montessori gave full voice to the spiritualism inherent in her work. In the West she was considered eccentric and her Method out of date, but in India, where religion exerted a powerful and pervasive influence, she was consistent with an ancient tradition of religious educators. A sprinkling of Indians had always attended her international training courses abroad, and in India they flocked to hear her message of human regeneration through the child. The Montessori Method was largely patronized by a relatively affluent, Westernized and urbanized elite who could afford the expensive apparatus. Gandhi, however, had urged Montessori to devise materials in accordance with the economic and social conditions prevailing in India's villages. Although she found much time during the years in India to develop her Method further to cover the period from birth to three years and from six to twelve years, she appears to have given little thought to its application among the country's largely illiterate poor who comprised the bulk of the population. However, an "Indianized" Montessori movement emerged in Western India, allied to the Gandhian nationalist movement, which became concerned with "adapting" the Method according to Gandhian principles, and applying it in the villages. The resultant hybrid pre-primary education enjoyed widespread application in post-Independence India and received recognition at the national level by government and non-government agencies. Recently it has been afforded a crucial role in a major human resources development programme designed to alleviate the effects of poverty amongst women and young children. The present study has drawn on a wide range of primary and secondary sources including archival material, newspapers, journals, published and unpublished correspondence, and personal interviews to trace the history of the Montessori movement in India from the time of early interest in the Method in 1912. The early chapters provide an introduction to Montessori's life and work and an historical background to the adoption of the Method. The application of the Method and the expansion of the Montessori movement is explored in subsequent chapters and, finally, in chapters six and seven, the study discusses directions in the movement after the departure of Madame Montessori and her son in 1949.
Language: English
Published: Sydney, Australia, 1987
Article
The Famous Montessori Method of Teaching Cleanliness [Swift and Company Advertisement]
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 38, no. 8
Date: Aug 1921
Pages: 70-71
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Language: English
ISSN: 0023-7124
Article
Criticizing Montessori’s Method of Early Childhood Education using Islamic Psychology Perspective
Available from: Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung (Indonesia)
Publication: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, vol. 5, no. 2
Date: 2019
Pages: 133-148
Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: This study examined critically Montessori’s concepts on early childhood education through Islamic Psychology perspective. This research used qualitative methodology with a literature approach. The results showed that (1) Montessori’s method pays more attention to the cognitive aspect of children development while children potential doesn’t only consist of cognitive, affective, and psycho-motoric aspects, but also spiritual one; (2) Reinforcement are not needed in Montessori’s method, while in Islamic Psychology, rewards can increase children's learning and punishment is needed to make children become disciplined in carrying out the rules; (3) Learning environment should be structured, in order, realistic and natural. This concept is suitable for upper class educational institutions but it would be difficult for middle-low income groups since the materials required by Montessori’s method is expensive enough. (4) Parents and teachers are required to become observers and interpreters. This role may pose problem on the part of parents and teachers since not all parents and teachers have criteria to act as is it expected by Montessori’s method.
Language: English
ISSN: 2460-8149
Article
Thoughts on the Montessori Method
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Journal of Education (London), vol. 44
Date: Oct 1912
Pages: 680-681
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Language: English
Article
A New Method in Infant Education
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Journal of Education (London), vol. 31, no. 482
Date: 1909
Pages: 645-647
England, Europe, Great Britain, Montessori method of education, Northern Europe, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Article
Montessori: ‘The Montessori Method’
Available from: University of Dayton eCommons
Publication: Imprints and Impression: Commentaries on the Exhibit's Work, no. 29
Date: 2014
Book reviews, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: A brief commentary prepared by Treavor Bogard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, on the following work: Maria Montessori Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini (The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in “the Children's Houses”)1909; first edition.
Language: English
Article
Montessori Method: Impressions of a Kindergarten Mother
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Home Progress, vol. 2, no. 2
Date: Oct 1912
Pages: 12-18
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Language: English
Article
What the Montessori Method Means to Me
Publication: Freedom for the Child, vol. 1, no. 2
Date: Jan 1914
Pages: 7-10
Americas, Canada, Mabel Bell - Biographic sources, Mabel Bell - Writings, Montessori Educational Association (USA) - Periodicals, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
An Educational Wonder Worker: Maria Montessori's Methods
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Fortnightly Review, vol. 90, no. 538
Date: Aug 1911
Pages: 309-327
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Language: English