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Does Preschool Curriculum Make a Difference in Primary School Performance: Insights into the Variety of Preschool Activities and Their Effects on School Achievement and Behaviour in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad; Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal evidence
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 103, no. 1
Date: 1994
Pages: 27-42
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago
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Abstract/Notes: Preschool education is an important and much studied topic in developed countries, and of growing importance in the third world. Studies exploring preschool experience have noted positive effects when comparing children with access to preschool versus children without access, and effects of particular curriculum approaches over the length of primary schooling. This study adopts a focused sample, cross‐sectional design to explore the types of preschool experience available (denoted by types of preschool activities which equate broadly to curriculum approaches) and whether variation in preschool experience affects core curriculum (English, science, mathematics) performance and classroom behaviours throughout the years of primary schooling in Trinidad and when children complete their primary education in the form of a national ‘common entrance examination’ for entry into a stratified secondary school system. Results show that a large majority of the sampled children attended preschool and that most of the preschool experience was traditional and teacher centred. Neither child centred or teacher centred preschool activities affected academic performance in the core subjects during the primary school years or at the end of their primary school career. Type of preschool activity did affect teacher perception of behaviour in class. Child centred experience facilitated a social/peer orientation in children. High levels of teacher centred experience detracted from later relationships with teacher. Results were confounded by social class, with middle class children having most access to (the limited amount available) child centred preschool experience and performing at the highest academic and behavioural levels in the classroom although in limited numbers. The discussion questions the appropriacy of the various preschool activities for pupils within a cultural orientation of traditional upbringing and primary schooling practices.
Language: English
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
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Frans op de lagere Montessori-school [French at primary Montessori school]
Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, no. 3
Date: 1962
Pages: 6-14
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Language: Dutch
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School Calms Chaos Through Montessori Education: Gather Forest School in Decatur Is Part of a Growing Number of Montessori-Inspired Schools Targeting Black Students.
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: The Atlanta Journal - Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia)
Date: Jul 26, 2022
Pages: C1
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Language: English
ISSN: 1539-7459
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Starting a Montessori High School: Elonera [Elonera Montessori School, Wollongong, NSW]
Publication: Montessori Matters, no. 1
Date: May 1999
Pages: 7–10
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Language: English
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Experiences of Three Dutch Teachers in a Montessori-School in California [Sophia Montessori School, Santa Monica]
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1962, no. 3/4
Date: 1962
Pages: 10–11
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Bluffview Montessori School in Winona, Minnesota–The Nation's First Montessori Charter School
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: Apr 1993
Pages: 12
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Language: English
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CCMA Guide to Best Practices for Montessori Schools and Schools with Montessori Programs
Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 1, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 19–22
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Language: English
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What Is the Montessori Public School Consortium? A Short History of the Montessori Public School Consortium
Available from: ERIC
Publication: MPSC Update [Montessori Public School Consortium (Cleveland, OH)], vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Winter 1993
Pages: 2
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
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All Together Now: Seattle Program Sends High Schoolers to Montessori Preschool Classroom [Casa Maria Montessori Lab School, Ballard High School, Seattle, Washington]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 3
Date: Spring 2005
Pages: 8
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Guidelines for Operating a Montessori School: Standard Operating Procedures for a Montessori School
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Language: English
Published: [S.I.]: Fleege, 1984
Edition: 9. ed