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Article

Adunanza delle maestre montessoriane nella Circoscrizione di Pavia

Publication: L'Idea Montessori: organo dell'Opera Nazionale Montessori, vol. 1, no. 12

Pages: 8-9

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Language: Italian

Doctoral Dissertation

I maestri montessoriani in Europa profili e identità fra tradizione e trasformazione

Europe, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Teachers

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Abstract/Notes: The research project focuses on a central element of the Montessori Pedagogy scarcely examined in the literature or by the scientific research, the teacher, and aims to analyse the figure of kindergarten and primary teachers currently working in European Montessori schools. Despite the worldwide diffusion of the Method and the actual renaissance this pedagogy is experiencing (Whitescarver & Cossentino, 2008), the study starts from the awareness of the lack of data in reference population records and the interest in contributing to fill this gap through a mainly descriptive research. The research outlines key characteristics of the figure of the teacher according to Maria Montessori through a bibliographic analysis, then, on the basis of these, describes and analyses the profile and the professional identity of the European Montessori teachers, reconstructed by an explorative study, conducted by the instrument of the survey. Admittedly adopting specifically quantitative methods due to the sample numerosity, the conceived questionnaire gives voice to the subjects, explores the subjective dimensions, the opinions and self-perceptions of the teachers and what each individual understands under its own professional identity. Overall, the main research questions can be summarized as follows: I. Which are the teacher characteristics for Montessori? II. Montessori schools and teachers in Europe: which data are available? III. Which are the education, the profile and the professional identity of the European Montessori teachers? IV. Beyond differences a common identity emerges? To which extent corresponds to Montessori recommendations? In particular, the elements of coherence or evolution of this emerging figure compared to Dr. Montessori own guidelines are investigated, moreover, the specific training process required to Montessori educators is deepen in order to verify if this may be regarded as a transformative learning. The PhD thesis consists of four parts. In the first one, the state of the art on the issue addressed is reviewed, considering Italian and foreign contributions and synthesizing the international research currently available data, both about European Montessori schools and the teachers who work in such contexts. In the second chapter the research project, the theoretical framework, the methods and instruments adopted, the phases carried out, are presented in detail, concluding the discussion with some observations on emerging challenges. The third chapter is entirely devoted to an analysis of literature, defining the figure of the Montessori teacher on the basis of the main writings of Montessori. The next section presents the data collected on profile and professional identity of Montessori European teachers, analysing the answers to the online questionnaire both at the general level and with a particular focus on Italian teachers answers, with a special focus on descriptive aspects as well as on the analysis of correlations emerged between some variables under consideration, before moving to synthetic conclusions.

Language: Italian

Published: Bolzano, Italy, 2016

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