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Teaching to Be American: The Quest for Integrating the Italian-American Child

Available from: Taylor and Francis Online

Publication: History of Education, vol. 44, no. 5

Pages: 651-666

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Abstract/Notes: In the early years of the twentieth century, the great structural, social and cultural changes in American society included a growing number of immigrants arriving from the poorest regions of Europe. For the first time, the issues of immigration, assimilation and social integration became the most important problems facing American society. In the optimistic climate of the so-called progressive era, social reformers thought that these problems could be solved by the science of pedagogy, as applied to the educational needs of foreign immigrants. This essay centres on the pedagogical efforts of Italian-American educator Angelo Patri, who attempted to integrate Italian-American children into the fabric of American society through education. It starts by assessing Patri’s early writings, such as A Schoolmaster of the Great City, and his private and professional papers. In doing so, his work is situated in the debate on progressive education alongside pedagogue Maria Montessori, demonstrating his central role in the debate on integration through education. Within this analysis, particular attention is paid to the notion of learning by doing, and it is argued that both educators were influenced by this particular aspect of progressive education.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/0046760X.2015.1063710

ISSN: 0046-760X, 1464-5130

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American Know How: Educational Reformers Around the World Looking to the American Montessori Model

Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 6, no. 3

Pages: 1

Public Montessori

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Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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Indigenous American Montessori Models: An American Montessori Elementary Teacher

Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 6, no. 1

Pages: 16–18

Americas, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Nancy McCormick Rambusch - Writings, North America, United States of America

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Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

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Gli Erdkinder in California: alla scoperta dell'adolescente in una farm-school americana [The Erdkinder in California: discovering the teenager in an American farm-school]

Book Title: Montessori: Perché No? Una Pedagogia per la Crescita

Pages: 265-272

Americas, Erdkinder, North America, United States of America

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Language: Italian

Published: Milano: Franco Angeli, 2000

ISBN: 88-464-2088-8

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I Hear American Singing – Folk Songs for American Families

Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 27, no. 3

Pages: 7

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Abstract/Notes: Review

Language: English

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Cambiamenti nei corsi Montessori: un'esperienza americana [Changes in Montessori Courses: An American Experience]

Book Title: Montessori: Perché No? Una Pedagogia per la Crescita

Pages: 301-308

Americas, Conferences, North America, Trainings, United States of America

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Language: Italian

Published: Milano: Franco Angeli, 2000

ISBN: 88-464-2088-8

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An American Montessori Elementary Teacher: Indigenous American Montessori Models

Available from: ERIC

Americas, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education, Nancy McCormick Rambusch - Writings, North America, United States of America

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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori's child-centered teaching method came to the United States in 1913 and became linked with an approach to progressive education and child rearing which many Americans considered permissive. During the post-World War II years, advocates of Montessori's method combined this permissive mode with elements of an authoritarian mode to produce an authoritative approach to teaching young children. Following this approach, educators at the Princeton Montessori School have developed and implemented a firm yet empathic teaching model for their classes. The social system which the teachers have developed in their classes respects children's intrinsic motivation in the form of a benign token economy, called a credit-debit system. In this system the rules of the classroom, and the rewards and sanctions attending the rules, are developed cooperatively between teacher and children. Teachers consider the small group as the basic unit of social organization for the presentation of lessons. Teachers present curricular subject areas in a sequence of steps which are numbered and which correspond to a set of materials preassembled by the teacher and directly accessible to the children. For each subject, students keep personal interactive journals which contain written and illustrated work for the whole year. Through these methods, teachers at the Princeton Montessori School demonstrate that they have understood the basic message of Montessori and imbedded that message in a culturally sensitive and appropriate form of schooling.

Language: English

Published: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Center for Teacher Education, 1992

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The Authentic American Montessori School: A Guide to the Self-Study, Evaluation and Accreditation of American Schools Committed to Montessori Education

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Language: English

Published: New York, New York: American Montessori Society, 2002

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Montessori Insights and American Children Today

Publication: The Catholic Reporter

Pages: 1-7, 10

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Language: English

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The Children of the World, with Special Reference to the American Child

Available from: HathiTrust

Publication: Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Wisconsin Teachers' Association [64th Annual Session, November 2-4, 1916, Milwaukee, WI], vol. 64

Pages: 299-304

Maria Montessori - Writings

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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori delivered this speech at the Wisconsin Teachers' Association annual meeting on November 3, 1916 from 2:50-3:30 pm. The volume also includes note of "2:50–3:30 – The Children of the World, with Special Reference to the American Child – Dr. Maria Montessori, Rome, Italy" and "Substitute - The Progress of Montessori Work in America – Helen Parkhurst, U. S. Montessori Supervisor."

Language: English

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