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Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
Examining Elementary Students’ Development of Intercultural Competence through Self-Regulatory Prompts
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of the present quasi-experimental mixed-methods study was to examine the effects of an Intercultural Competence Intervention with Self-Regulatory Prompts (ICI-SRP) on elementary students’ development of intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and their self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulating their intercultural learning, and to investigate the ways in which self-regulatory prompts (SRP) influence elementary students’ activation of self-regulatory strategies in intercultural learning. Twenty (N=20) Montessori elementary students from two Montessori schools participated in four sessions of an intercultural exercise, in which only the experimental group were given SRP. It was hypothesized that the experimental group’s use of SRP would further enhance the participants’ development of intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes and their self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulating their intercultural learning. Quantitative data collected from the ICI-SRP survey was analyzed by conducting a univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for each of its four subscales and was used to examine the effects of SRP on the students’ development of intercultural competence (IC) and self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulating intercultural learning. Qualitative data collected from focus groups was analyzed using the constant comparative method to shed light on the ways in which SRP influence the students’ activation of self-regulatory strategies in intercultural learning. Results from the ANCOVA did not support the hypothesis, as they showed non-statistically significant differences between the development of intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and the self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulating intercultural learning in both groups. Results from the ANCOVA showed numerical increases in intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes in both groups, and numerical decreases in the self-efficacy beliefs in self-regulating intercultural learning in both groups. Findings from the analysis of the focus group data were mostly aligned with the data from the ANCOVA. Data from the focus groups shed light on different types of IC knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and different types of planning and monitoring applied by participants of both groups. The overall findings of the present study suggest that it is likely for elementary aged students to develop IC through intercultural exercises, and that SRP may support that development under certain conditions. The findings of the study may contribute to the development of elementary students’ intercultural learning methods and tools.
Language: English
Published: Fairfax, Virginia, 2022
Master's Thesis
Rozvoj čtenářské gramotnosti ve vybraných alternativních vzdělávacích programech / Development of reading literacy in selected alternative educational programs
Available from: Univerzita Karlova Institutional Repository
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Abstract/Notes: This Master's thesis examines options to advance reading literacy in schools with alternative education. Thesis is focused on teachers work and used methods. The aim of the thesis was to determine, how schools using alternative educational programs support the reading literacy. Theoretical part explores reading literacy, characteristics of alternative educational programs and schools -Montessori, Waldorf, Dalton and program Step by Step. It specifies RWCT - reading and writing to critical thinking program and method of advancement reading literacy and reading. The practical part evaluates surveys filled by teachers from alternative schools and teachers using alternative educational programs. Survey is focused on teacher's job, utilization of RWCT method in schools, working with reading literacy and support of reading. / Tato diplomová práce zkoumá možnosti rozvoje čtenářské gramotnosti ve školách s alternativním vzdělávacím programem. Zaměřuje se na práci učitelů a metody, které při výuce používají. Cílem práce bylo zjistit, jak vybrané školy s alternativním vzdělávacím programem podporují rozvoj čtenářské gramotnosti. Teoretická část diplomové práce se zabývá problematikou čtenářské gramotnosti, charakteristikou vybraných vzdělávacích alternativních programů a škol - Montessori, Waldorfské školy, Daltonské školy, program Začít spolu. Specifikuje program RWCT (reading and writing to critical thinking), zejména metody rozvoje čtenářské gramotnosti a čtenářství. Praktická část vyhodnocuje dotazníkové šetření, směrované učitelům na alternativních školách a pedagogům, kteří se zabývají alternativními vzdělávacími programy. Dotazník je zaměřen na práci učitelů, využití metod RWCT ve školách, práci s čtenářskou gramotností a podporu čtenářství.
Language: Czech
Published: Prague, Czechia, 2022
Article
De vier opvoedingsstadiën [The four stages of development]
Available from: Delpher - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland
Publication: Het Kind, vol. 39, no. 21
Date: Oct 15, 1938
Pages: 394-396
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Language: Dutch
Bachelor's Thesis
Hudební rozvoj dětí předškolního věku ve vzdělávacím systému Marie Montessori / Musical development of preschool children in the Maria Montessori educational system
Available from: Univerzita Karlova Institutional Repository
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Abstract/Notes: Studentka pojedná o vzdělávacím systému Marie Montessori v českém vzdělávacím prostředí. Představí jeho klíčové znaky. Ty se stanou inspirací k rozvoji hudebnosti jako prostředku osobnostního rozvoje dítěte předškolního věku. V praktické části studentka uskuteční longitudinální a kvantitativní výzkum u dětí navštěvujících příslušnou mateřskou školu. Jeho cílem bude představit procesy, jak hudebně výrazové a formotvorné prostředky postupně vstupují do dětského vědomí v kontinuitě s emocionálním a estetickým rozvojem. / The student aims to introduce the topic of Maria Montessori education system in the Czech educational environment. She will describe the key subjects. Those will become an inspiration to the child´s musical growth as a part of preschool child´s personal growth. She will make an longitudinal and qualitative research in the practical part with the kids who are attending the kindergarden. The purpose is to introduce a musical and form-forming instruments which are gradually entering into child´s sences in continuity with emotional and ethical growth.
Language: Czech
Published: Prague, Czechia, 2020
Article
Individuality in Development
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 1/2
Date: 1966
Pages: 12-24
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Abstract/Notes: Paper presented at 4th Annual American Montessori Society Seminar, New York, June, 1965.
Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
Toward the Ultimate Goal of Peace: How a Montessori Education at the High School Level Supports Moral Development Through Study and Social Life
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2013, no. 1-2
Date: 2013
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Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
Article
Development of Creative Drama
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2014-2015
Date: 2014/2015
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Abstract/Notes: Another spontaneous form of expression is interpretive drama, where the child shows his self-expression through acting out meaning, history, readings, and human emotions as argued by Shyama Jain, who published in Around the Child, a journal of the Indian Montessorians, in 1969.
Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
Article
The Key of the Adult in the Development of Extended Interests
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 12, no. 4
Date: Oct 1999
Pages: 5
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Language: English
Article
Montessori Education and Modern Psychology [Excerpts from Education for Human Development]
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: Apr 1993
Pages: 3–6
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Language: English
Article
The Montessori Paradigm for Administrators Linking Personal Development and Assessment
Publication: AMI/USA News
Date: Oct 1991
Pages: 3–4
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Language: English