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Doctoral Dissertation
Education as a Tool for Social Change: Case Study of an Arizona Inner-City Charter School
Available from: University of San Francisco
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Abstract/Notes: It is a very difficult task to provide adequate education in the United States for children living in an inner-city environment, with problems of poverty, minority status, drugs, crime, gangs, suicide, despair, and many single-parent households. This is a Case Study of how one Arizona inner-city poverty community has risen to answer these educational demands for its children through a Montessori theory-based Charter Pre-12 school. The 650 student population served in this school is approximately 80% Hispanic American, 12% African American, and 8% Native, Asian and European American. Data were gathered from extensive interviews, observations, and document analysis. They were analyzed and evaluated in three ways: first, according to a literature review of the educational theories of Maria Montessori, then according to those of Paulo Freire, and lastly, according to a review of Charter school books, articles, and government documents available up to January of 2000. The results were an in-depth description of first, the history of this community's needs, its struggle to establish and fund the school, then the resulting educational program which it developed and implemented, and lastly, the community's positive evaluation of it's efforts. The curriculum described had extensive use of ESL and cultural appreciation programs, hands-on student initiated and student-implemented programs, integrated curriculum and critical thinking programs, job-skills related programs, self-esteem and character development programs, and Sustainable Systems Ecology Education demonstration programs. All these findings were presented in a manner which could be useful to other Administrators, who might desire to use this school's example to begin or to improve their own programs for a similarly disadvantaged inner-city population. Conclusions were that after five years of operation, this community empowerment school has indeed found methods, curriculum and programs that have successfully helped to meet the emotional, cultural, moral, and educational needs of the children in this particular poverty community. Conclusions were also that this community's experiences are valuable and appropriate for examination by other prospective Charter school Administrators from similar communities.
Language: English
Published: San Francisco, California, 2000
Article
Montessori-Pädagogik in Polen [Montessori education in Poland]
Publication: Montessori: Zeitschrift für Montessori-Pädagogik, vol. 34, no. 2
Date: 1996
Pages: 65
Eastern Europe, Europe, Harald Ludwig - Writings, Montessori method of education, Poland
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Language: German
ISSN: 0944-2537
Article
Religious Education: Summary
Publication: The Tablet, vol. 174
Date: 1939
Pages: 251
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Language: English
ISSN: 0039-8837
Article
Auto-Education at the British Association
Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale
Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)
Date: Sep 23, 1922
Pages: 425
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Language: English
ISSN: 0040-7887
Book Section
Education for Life
Book Title: The Absorbent Mind
Pages: 7-14
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Abstract/Notes: The first edition of 'The Absorbent Mind' was published in English by Kalakshetra (Madras, India) in 1949. In 1952, Montessori wrote a fully revised edition in Italian, published by Garzanti in 1952. This was the first Italian edition, entitled 'La Mente del Bambino'. This current edition is a translation by Claude Claremont of the Italian 1952 edition.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2007
Series: The Montessori Series , 1
Article
A Career in Montessori Education
Publication: NAMTA Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: 1986
Pages: 8-14
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
Article
New Committee Boosts Accreditation for Montessori Teacher Education
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 15, no. 2
Date: Spring 1988
Pages: 12
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Educational Notes; St. Andrews Summer School for Teachers
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: The Herald of the Star, vol. 8, no. 3
Date: Mar 1, 1919
Pages: 159
Europe, Northern Europe, Teacher training, Theosophical Society, Theosophy, United Kingdom
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Language: English
Article
The Role and Importance of AMI Montessori Teacher Education in Australia
Publication: Montessori Matters, no. 2
Date: Nov 1996
Pages: 15–16
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Language: English
Article
The Hershey Montessori Farm School [Huntsburg, OH]: Where Education Goes Far Beyond Milking Cows
Publication: M: The Magazine for Montessori Families
Date: Jan 2006
Pages: 14–18
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Language: English