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Maria Montessori va in America. Una Rilettura Pedagogica di un Episodio di Incontro-Scontro tra Attivismo Pedagogico Italiano e Progressive Education Americana / Maria Montessori goes to America: A Pedagogical Reflection of an Encounter-Clash Between Italian Activism Movement and American Progressive Education
Available from: Formazione, Lavoro, Persona
Publication: Formazione, Lavoro, Persona, vol. 10 (Anno 4)
Date: Apr 2014
Pages: 1-10
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, North America, Progressive education, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The complex history of Montessori’s Method spreading in the United States was signed by some misunderstandings connected with the reform of the american education system. The Method wasn’t understood in its specificity, but it appeared, in the same time, an alternative or an application of the tradition of Froebel’s Kindergarten. In those years the American pedagogical reflection tried to create an alternative to the continental tradition. For this reason the Progressive Education critized Montessori (i.e. Kilpatrick) for her spiritual and metaphysical premises but this movement couldn’t realize this project and it was inevitably connected with the tradition of European Activism.
Language: Italian
ISSN: 2039-4039
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Excerpts from the "American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Montessori Information Items, no. 14
Date: 1963?
Pages: 24-26
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Abstract/Notes: Published by Cleveland Montessori Association (Cleveland, Ohio). Reprinted from "American Montessori Society Bulletin" (vol. 1, no. 1).
Language: English
Doctoral Dissertation
Where Have All the Children Gone? A Case Study of Three American Preschools
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: In sociological investigation, Weber (1968) believes that concrete historical events can be interpreted in terms of social action. These patterns of action differ from historical accounts, which explore the importance of causal explanation of individual events. Entwistle and Alexander (1993) contend that sociologists of education have paid little attention to patterns of class interaction and inequality in preschools. Adding to Hartley's (1993) work on nursery schools in Scotland, and using an organizational model with a sociohistorical standpoint, this ethnographic case study helps to bridge that gap by concentrating on the historical and ecological contexts of (1) a Laboratory school; (2) a Montessori school; and, (3) a Head Start center. The central problem of the study seeks an answer to the question "If inequalities in preschools exist, what do they look like?" This study assumes that historically educational systems have exerted a form of social control over children in order to transmit cultural values. Part I of the study examines ancient and modern societies, their cultures and their philosophical grounding to reveal the values and trends that contribute to social change in the early education of children. Part II adds a triangulation strategy to explore the ecology (environment and culture) of the three schools in the study. These strategies include archival content analysis of the preschool organizations, nonparticipant observation of the classrooms (Bell, 1993), intensive interviewing of the staff and administration members and a brief survey of the preschool parents. This study draws from the sociology of Weber's "ideal bureaucracy," Berger's "bureaucratic cognitive style," Elias' "civilizing process," Bernstein's "visible and invisible" pedagogy, Bourdieu's "cultural capital" and Anyon's "biased ideological messages." In this exploratory study, the data analysis uses a descriptive methodology, not to draw conclusions, but similar to Glaser and Strauss' "grounded theory" to introduce questions to be explored further by researchers. A final section on policy recommendations is included.
Language: English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts, 2000
Article
Montessori and the American Petted Darling
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Kindergarten Review, vol. 24, no. 7
Date: Mar 1914
Pages: 455-458
Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Language: English
Book Section
Helen Parkhurst: Montessori’s American Surrogate, Dalton School, Progressive Educator
Available from: Springer Link
Book Title: America's Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle
Pages: 145-183
Americas, Dalton laboratory plan, Helen Parkhurst - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The chapter addresses how the relationship between Maria Montessori and Helen Parkhurst redirected the Montessori movement in the United States. In 1915, Parkhurst was an assistant to Maria Montessori who was lecturing at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Parkhurst designed and served as directress of the highly popular glass-walled Montessori demonstration classroom exhibit at the Exposition. Supplanting the Montessori Educational Association, Montessori established the Montessori Promotion Fund to publicize her method, manufacture and market her materials, and finance her travel to America. When Montessori returned to Europe, she designated Parkhurst to supervise all aspects of Montessori education in the United States, overseeing all Montessori schools, and establishing college programs to prepare Montessori teachers for certification in public school systems. Parkhurst worked as Montessori’s American surrogate for four years but in 1919 decided to pursue her own independent career path. She devised a progressive innovation featuring instruction in education laboratories which became known as the Dalton Plan.
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-54835-3
Series: Historical Studies in Education
Book Section
The American Montessori Experience
Book Title: Montessori Schools in America: Historical, Philosophical, and Empirical Research Perspectives
Pages: 26-48
Americas, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This article was originally published in American Montessori Society Bulletin, v. 15, no. 2 (1977).
Language: English
Published: Lexington, Massachusetts: Ginn Custom Pub., 1983
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN: 0-536-04367-1
Article
Montessori Insights and American Children Today
Publication: The Catholic Reporter
Date: 1963
Pages: 1-7, 10
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Language: English
Book Section
Montessori and Traditonal American Nursery Schools: How They Are Different, How They are Alike
Available from: Books to Borrow @ Internet Archive
Book Title: Early Childhood Education Rediscovered
Pages: 72-77
Americas, Benjamin M. Spock - Writings, Comparative education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968
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Marva Collins and American Public Education
Publication: The American Spectator, vol. 16, no. 4
Date: Apr 1983
Pages: 8-13
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Marva Collins - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0148-8414
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Mass Explained to Boys and Girls; Adapted for Use in American Schools
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Language: English
Published: Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Sadlier, 1934