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The European Roots of Early Childhood Education in North America
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: International Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: 1986
Pages: 6-21
Americas, Canada, Kindergarten (Froebel system of education) - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America
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Abstract/Notes: Early childhood education in North America is currently in a state of flux. While Piagetian approaches to early childhood education curricula seem to predominate in North America today, some of the influences of the other paradigms discussed below are still in evidence. The idea of nurturing children as well as educating them has endured, even with the new cognitive focus. The concept of curricula appropriate to a child’s developmental level, first introduced by Froebel, has remained an important idea. The Montessori method has enjoyed a renaissance in North America, and specially designed curricula for the disabled has been re-established as the norm, after Itard’s and Seguin’s pioneering examples. Yet, new issues in early childhood education have arisen in North America. There is a great debate on the effects of day care, the changing family, the possibility of “hurried children”, and the role of state support in a “universal” child care system. The recent Report of the task force on child care in Canada reviewed many of these issues, and used data on child care arrangements in a number of European countries compared to canada and the United States in much of its discussion. It is not surprising, given the history of models of child care which have come from Europe to North America, that North Americans are once again looking across the Atlantic for fresh ideas.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176578
ISSN: 0020-7187, 1878-4658
Article
European Roots of the First Psychology Clinic in North America
Available from: Hogrefe
Publication: European Psychologist, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: 1996
Pages: 44-50
Americas, Lightner Witmer - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Lightner Witmer (1867-1956) founded the first psychology clinic in Philadelphia 100 years ago, in March 1896. Even though he was an American, he readily acknowledged some European roots of his work. Witmer earned his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Wundt. He was encouraged by his Philadelphia mentor, James McKeen Cattell, to focus on individual differences in the tradition of Francis Galton of England. Witmer modeled his clinical interventions after the previous efforts of J.R. Pereira, J.M.G. Itard, and Edouard Seguin of France and Maria Montessori of Italy. The consequences for modern psychology of Witmer's idea that psychologists should use their knowledge to help people individually were noteworthy. Clinical psychology is today the most common psychology specialty in Europe and, indeed, in much of the world. However, Witmer's concept that clinical psychologists should be trained at the doctoral level is as yet far better accepted in North America than it is elsewhere.
Language: English
ISSN: 1016-9040, 1878-531X
Article
NCME Photo Gallery [Photos from 16 schools around North America]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 26, no. 1
Date: 2002
Pages: 24–25
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Language: English
Article
Montessori Conferences in North America and Asia [Mesa, Arizona; Santa Barbara, California; Hong Kong]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 21, no. 3
Date: Sep 2000
Pages: 1, 3-4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
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Maria Montessori va in America. Una Rilettura Pedagogica di un Episodio di Incontro-Scontro tra Attivismo Pedagogico Italiano e Progressive Education Americana / Maria Montessori goes to America: A Pedagogical Reflection of an Encounter-Clash Between Italian Activism Movement and American Progressive Education
Available from: Formazione, Lavoro, Persona
Publication: Formazione, Lavoro, Persona, vol. 10 (Anno 4)
Date: Apr 2014
Pages: 1-10
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, North America, Progressive education, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The complex history of Montessori’s Method spreading in the United States was signed by some misunderstandings connected with the reform of the american education system. The Method wasn’t understood in its specificity, but it appeared, in the same time, an alternative or an application of the tradition of Froebel’s Kindergarten. In those years the American pedagogical reflection tried to create an alternative to the continental tradition. For this reason the Progressive Education critized Montessori (i.e. Kilpatrick) for her spiritual and metaphysical premises but this movement couldn’t realize this project and it was inevitably connected with the tradition of European Activism.
Language: Italian
ISSN: 2039-4039
Book
What American Montessori Can Offer American Education and How Montessori Theory Fares in the Light of American Research
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Language: English
Published: [Illinois]: Illinois Montessori Society, 1963
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North Harris Community College [North Houston, Texas]
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 16, no. 1
Date: Winter 2004
Pages: 35, 37–38
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Music in Michigan Montessori School [Northville Montessori Center, Northville, Michigan]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 5, no. 2
Date: Feb 1984
Pages: 1, 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
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Early Crusade Planted Seeds for NHC Infant-and-Toddler Teacher Education Initiative [North Harris College, North Houston, Texas]
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 16, no. 1
Date: Winter 2004
Pages: 36-37
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Teacher Education [courses throughout North and South America]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 27, no. 4
Date: 2003
Pages: 36–39
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Language: English