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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
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
What Evidence of Change Emerges When Students with Behavioral and Learning Challenges are Placed in an Early Childhood Montessori Environment in Rural China?
Available from: St. Catherine University
Action research, Asia, China, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, East Asia, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: Under current circumstances, educational issues such as the achievement gap, non-cognitive development, Executive Function, and students with challenging behaviors impact day-to-day classroom practices and fundamentally reshape the results of education. The purpose of this research was to utilize the Montessori environment and principles, as well as the "normalization" approach developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, to help students with behavioral and learning challenges find the balance of their mental developmental processes and maximize their academic achievement at the same time. This action research conducted focused-group case studies of the Montessori Normalization process for children possessing behavioral and learning challenges at a preschool in rural China. The research applied pre-and post-assessment for the 3-6-year-old participants to investigate the evidence of improvement. The assessment utilized indicators based on symptom guidelines for ADHD, ASD, Learning disorders, and Learning Difficulties, published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study’s findings indicate that the Montessori-guided early childhood education intervention had helped students with behavioral and learning challenges, thereby providing an alternative solution for addressing the challenge of the development gap. This research also suggested that Montessori-based classrooms provide a positive, nurturing environment for gifted children with learning difficulties (exceptional learners) who confront challenges in a mainstream classroom.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2022
Article
Changes to the Blueprints
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2004, no. 1
Date: 2004
Pages: 43
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Abstract/Notes: Grammar symbols
Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
When Change is Inevitable...
Publication: AMI/USA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: Spring 2021
Pages: 8-10
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Language: English
Article
Changes to the Board
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1999, no. 4
Date: 1999
Pages: 53
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
How Miss Mable Changed Our Lives
Publication: M: The Magazine for Montessori Families
Date: 2007
Pages: 14–15
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Abstract/Notes: a family dog
Language: English
Article
Interdependency (aka the Unconscious Exchange of Services)
Available from: Association Montessori Internationale
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2020
Date: 2020
Pages: 72-84
Asia, Baiba Krumins-Grazzini - Speeches, addresses, etc., Displaced communities, India, Interdependence, Refugees, South Asia
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Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
Article
A Change Within: Removing Obstacles To Development
Publication: Montessori Articles (Montessori Australia Foundation)
Date: n.d.
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Language: English
Article
Dr. Maria Montessori: The Achievement and Personality of an Italian Woman Whose Discovery is Revolutionizing Educational Methods
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Good Housekeeping Magazine, vol. 55, no. 1
Date: Jul 1912
Pages: 24-29
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Language: English
ISSN: 0731-1893
Article
Madame Montessori and Mr. Holmes as Educational Reformers
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Hibbert Journal, vol. 14, no. 3
Date: Apr 1916
Pages: 578-591
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Language: English
ISSN: 0950-1916