Abstract/Notes: Discusses adolescents' needs, asserting that the Erdkinder environment is Montessori's answer to those needs. Outlines various aspects of the Erdkinder environment. Concludes by summarizing what needs to be done to work towards establishing Erdkinder communities in secondary education.

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: John McNamara's historically rich descriptions of his adolescent community life in one school where he taught the same children from grade one to grade eight sends a warm message of the merge of elementary and middle-school personalities as they are beginning to understand the wonder of growing up. Their letters and speeches remember the impact of their Montessori community as they look at their own knowledge and humanity. His students speak simple truths about how their school made them comfortable with themselves, their classmates, and their work in the past and present and for the future. [This is an update of an article first printed in "The NAMTA Journal" 31.1 (2006, Winter): 69-77.]

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Abstract/Notes: The aim of this bachelor´s thesis is to investigate the way in which participatory pedagogy is used in two different early education groups. The aim is also to find out how the two groups differ in terms of the participation of children, as one was an average Finnish early education group, while the other was a group, which used Montessori pedagogy. The thesis also introduces an idea of a joint community of adults and children and how participatory pedagogy enhances the experience of community. The purpose of the thesis is to add understanding and encourage the use of participatory pedagogy in the day-to-day life of early education groups. The theoretical section discusses the notion of participatory pedagogy and how it is used from the point of view of the basic functions of an early education group. The central ideas behind Montessori pedagogy are also discussed. The thesis is qualitative, as the data was collected by observing two different early education groups for a week in May 2016. The results of the bachelor´s thesis show that participation has become an increasingly important factor in early education and that it is used in different ways. It was also evident that the individuality of children is valued and that participation is seen important in the daily life of the early education groups studied. Both the early education groups studied value the importance of communication between parents and teachers. Adults play an important role in the implementation of participation and they need to collect information about the children and apply it. It is also necessary for the adults to be able to develop the basic ways of using participation in the daily life of an early education group. / Tässä tutkimuksessa on tutkittu lasten osallisuuden toteutumista tavallisessa päiväkotiryhmässä ja montessoripedagogiikkaa toteuttavassa päiväkotiryhmässä. Lisäksi haluttiin selvittää millaisia eroja osallisuudesta löytyy kahden erilaisen päiväkotiryhmän välillä. Tutkimuksessa on myös tuotu esiin ajatusta yhteisestä lasten ja aikuisten yhteisöstä, siitä miten osallisuus vahvistaa yhteisöllisyyden kokemusta. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on lisätä ymmärrystä lasten osallisuudesta päiväkodin arjessa ja innostaa toteuttamaan sitä. Teoreettisessa viitekehyksessä avataan osallisuuden käsitettä ja käsitellään osallisuutta päiväkodin arjen perustoimintojen näkökulmasta. Lisäksi esitellään montessoripedagogiikan perusajatusta. Tutkimus on kvalitatiivinen ja sen aineisto kerättiin havainnoimalla kahta päiväkotiryhmää viikon ajan toukokuussa 2016. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että päiväkodeissa osallisuus on noussut erittäin merkittäväksi tekijäksi ja käytössä on erilaisia lasten osallisuutta vahvistavia toiminta-tapoja. Lisäksi päiväkodeissa näkyi, että lasten yksilöllisyyttä vaalitaan. Osallisuus on nähty tärkeäksi jokapäiväisessä arjessa. Montessoripedagogiikkaa toteuttavassa päiväkotiryhmässä työskentelee aikuisia, jotka kunnioittavat pedagogiikkaa ja toiminta lähtee lapsesta. Molempien päiväkotien näkemykset kasvatuskumppanuudesta ovat samankaltaiset. Aikuisilla on merkittävä rooli lasten osallisuuden toteutumisessa, heidän tulee kerätä lapsista tietoa ja osata hyödyntää tätä, lisäksi aikuisilta vaaditaan taitoa osata kehittää osallisuutta vahvistavia toimintatapoja päiväkodin arkeen.

Language: Finnish

Published: Vaasa, Finland, 2016

Abstract/Notes: Thayer-Bacon tells her story in a conversational tone that traces her personal and professional roots as she describes various chapters of her life: first as a philosopher, how she became involved in education, and then how that involvement became a career as a philosopher of education, in a large teacher education program, and now at a research institution. She sketches her philosophical contributions, as a pragmatist, feminist, postmodernist, and cultural studies scholar, to philosophy, philosophy of education, and education.

Language: English

Published: Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2012

ISBN: 978-94-007-4017-4

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Association Montessori Internationale, 1964

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Association Montessori Internationale, 1964

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Association Montessori Internazionale, 1964

Language: English