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Hawaiian Indigenous Education and the Montessori Approach: Overlapping Pedagogy, Values, and Worldview
Available from: ERIC
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 3
Date: Summer 2014
Pages: 251-271
Americas, Asian American and Pacific Islander community, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, North America, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Nanette Schonleber makes a remarkable correlation as to why Hawaiian indigenous educators thrive with Montessori pedagogy. Compatible educators share values and goals, such as developmental learning, respect for parenthood, freedom of movement and independence, choice in learning, and specific individualized potential. Hawaiian language and culture-based educators view their work as a way of learning embedded in a way of life that integrates a cultural worldview and belief system, such as the child as a spiritual being, earth as living, and creation as interconnected. The author also finds congruency in land-based learning as being fundamental to indigenous learning and similar to the Erdkinder emphasis for the adolescent where interconnectedness and community roles arise out of farming. [This article is based on the author's 2006 award-winning doctoral dissertation titled "Culturally Congruent Education and the Montessori Model: Perspectives from Hawaiian Culture-Based Educators."]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Honors Thesis
The Seneca Language and Bilingual Road Signs: A Study in the Sociology of an Indigenous Language
Available from: Ohio State University - Knowledge Bank
Americas, Bilingualism, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: One of the fundamental types of human rights concerns collective-developmental rights which allow minorities to use heritage languages and practices without external interference (Vašák 1977). The protected status of minority language rights is a critical part of language revitalization in which speakers of heritage languages, faced with the encroachment of more socially, politically, and economically dominant languages, embark on vigorous programs to ensure the survival and continued usage of their language. The Five Nations Iroquoian language, Seneca, has just a few remaining speech communities and a variety of ongoing language revitalization initiatives (Mithun 2012). To revitalize their traditional language, community classes through the Seneca Language Department and the Faithkeepers Montessori School Seneca Language Nest for young speakers have concentrated their efforts on preserving Onöndowa'ga:' Gawë:nö' the indigenous name for the Seneca language (Bowen 2020, Murray 2015). In the public sphere, a push by the Seneca Nation of Indians Department of Transportation fulfilling the intent of the federal Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act enacted in 2016, specifically included bilingual signs for state roads running through indigenous land in addition to other significant components (Figura 2016). In an area whose geographic names are strongly connected to Iroquoian languages including Seneca, these bilingual signs represent more public and visible Seneca language presence and stand as symbols of language revitalization. The place names and information that appear on the signs have considerable significance for community identity as well as linguistic and economic impacts, among others. Through oral histories collected from Seneca Nation members and language advocates in addition to a representative from the New York State Department of Transportation, this study pursues an analysis of the Seneca public usage of their heritage language and the various language revitalization efforts occurring among indigenous and minority communities internationally. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens already vulnerable populations, heritage languages that have been historically oppressed face a global language crisis that disproportionately harms and disadvantages speakers of heritage and minority languages (Roche 2020). While the language of road signs may seem mundane, this study reveals how the Seneca bilingual signs play a significant role in awareness of indigenous territory and consequently stimulation of the local economy as well as supporting language learning, revitalization, and de-stigmatization. Primarily through the efforts of the Seneca community, the bilingual signs represent the expression of language rights in the public sphere and one part of the ongoing language revitalization.
Language: English
Published: Columbus, Ohio, 2021
Article
Special Feature–Montessori Indigenous Projects
Publication: The Alcove: Newsletter of the Australian AMI Alumni Association, no. 12
Date: Jun 2004
Pages: 3
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education, Oceania
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Language: English
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The Prepared Adult as the Key to the Montessori Approach for Indigenous Communities of Australia
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2006, no. 1
Date: 2006
Pages: 21–45
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
The Prepared Adult as the Key to the Montessori Approach for Indigenous Communities of Australia
Publication: Montessori Articles (Montessori Australia Foundation)
Date: n.d.
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Language: English
Article
A Cultural Tour [Schools of indigenous people west of Alice Springs]
Publication: Montessori Matters, no. 1
Date: 2005
Pages: 22–24
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Language: English
Article
The Prepared Adult as the Key to the Montessori Approach for Indigenous Communities of Australia
Available from: AMI Montessori Digital
Publication: Montessori Articles (Montessori Australia Foundation)
Date: 2006
Pages: 1-26
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania
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Language: English
Article
Indigenous American Montessori Models: An American Montessori Elementary Teacher
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 6, no. 1
Date: 1994
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
Article
Montessori and the Indigenous Communities of Australia
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 82
Date: Jan 2007
Pages: 18–19
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori Children's Foundation
Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Introduction of Montessori Education to a Remote Indigenous Early Childhood Program: A Study of the Ways in Which Aboriginal Students Respond
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 4, no. 2
Date: 2018
Pages: 33-60
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: This article explores the ways Ngaanyatjarra students in Australia respond to Montessori pedagogy in a remote Aboriginal early childhood context. The article initially presents key literature pertaining to early childhood education, Aboriginal education, and Montessori education in Australia. The qualitative methodology underpinning the research is subsequently outlined. The approach emphasized in this research is that of interpretivism. The data analysis process highlighted three headings: concentration and engagement, student autonomy, and student independence. The findings of this research indicate the potential for Montessori pedagogy as a viable alternative practice of education for remote Aboriginal early childhood contexts, as Montessori pedagogy may align more harmoniously with the cultural dispositions of Ngaanyatjarra students. Finally, recommendations are presented in light of the research.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923