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Improving Outcomes for Refugee Children: A Case Study on the Impact of Montessori Education Along the Thai-Burma Border
Available from: IEJ Online
Publication: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 3
Date: 2015
Pages: 138-149
Asia, Burma, Displaced communities, Myanmar, Refugees, Southeast Asia, Thailand
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Abstract/Notes: There are 25 million displaced children worldwide, and those receiving schooling are often educated in overcrowded classrooms. Montessori is a child-centred educational method that provides an alternative model to traditional educational approaches. In this model, students are able to direct their own learning and develop at their own pace, working with materials rather than in supervised groups or with direct teacher instruction. Because most children are working alone, teachers have more time to work one-on- one with children even when student-teacher ratios are quite large. This gives teachers increased opportunity to tailor their teaching to the specific needs and strengths of each student. We conducted an evaluation of Montessori classroom conversion for displaced students on the Thai-Myanmar border. We administered the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to 66 children before and after classroom conversion and across treatment and control classroom conditions. We then conducted difference in difference testing. All domains showed meaningful improvements in ASQ scores, with the Montessori students gaining 18 points relative to the traditional students (p = 0.33). However, only the personal-social domain of the ASQ was statistically significant (8.8 point gain for the Montessori students relative to the control, p < 0.05) in our underpowered sample.
Language: English
ISSN: 1443-1475, 2202-493X
Book Section
Education in Relation to the Imagination in the Little Child ([San Diego] Lecture 2: 19 July 1915)
Book Title: The California Lectures of Maria Montessori, 1915: Collected Speeches and Writings by Maria Montessori
Pages: 40-50
Americas, International Montessori Training Course (3rd [course 1], Los Angeles and San Diego, USA, May - July 1915), Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Montessori method of education - Study and teaching, Montessori method of education - Teacher training, North America, Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916, San Diego, California), Teacher training, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-85109-296-3
Series: The Montessori Series , 15
Book
La paix et l'éducation
Maria Montessori - Writings, Peace
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Language: French
Published: Roma, Italy: Opera Montessori, 1949