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Doctoral Dissertation
Charter Schools: A Descriptive Study of Empowerment within the Operation of Charter Schools
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to describe the variables that contributed to the establishment of a charter school in an urban Arizona district and rural California district noting the similarities and dissimilarities, and to disclose the factors used to justify the implementation of the Montessori theory of education. Another purpose of the study was to describe the guidelines for maintaining a charter school, and the evaluation methods and factors used in the school's unique experience with staffing and funding. This research was descriptive and employed a case study approach. Descriptive research methodology was used to identify the same factors found in the Arizona study replicated by the researcher. Nonprobability, purposive sampling technique was the sampling used in the study. The instrument used for the study was interviews. Findings. The NFL/YET Academy in Arizona and Discovery Charter School in California experienced many similarities when the same variables were applied to both schools. As a result, the stakeholders of both schools used the principles of the organizational theory of empowerment to implement choices in curriculum. This process allowed the stakeholders an opportunity to meet the educational needs of students in the community. The following conclusions were made: (1) community empowerment plays a vital role in educating children; (2) the charter school movement allows parents, teachers, administrators, and community leaders to be involved in the creation of school governance and curriculum; and (3) charter schools allow all stakeholders to become involved in the decision-making process. The following are recommendations for further study: (1) This study should be conducted using a greater number of charter schools, and (2) This study should be conducted using administrator's leadership style in the organizational theory area of structure/roles.
Language: English
Published: La Verne, California, 2003
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
Music, Community, and Cooperation in a Lower Elementary Classroom
Available from: St. Catherine University
Action research, Lower elementary, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: The following research assesses how daily singing and music in an elementary classroom impacted the sense of community, care of materials and cooperation during clean up time. This study involved daily singing of a set of songs with lyrical themes of cooperation and unity, and then playing of recorded versions of the same songs during clean up time. The eight-week study involved 16 participants between the ages of 6 and 9 at a private school in Minnesota. Each individual completed a pre and post-survey. During clean up time, observations of helpful behaviors were recorded, and any relevant quotations noted. Results of the surveys showed an increase in student enjoyment of group singing, and in the understanding of the terms “cooperation” and “community.” There was also an increase in observed helpful behaviors throughout the intervention, particularly in material care. Results show that daily group singing has a positive affect on building community, and increases cooperation levels while caring for materials. Further research may include using group singing to teach other topics such as environmental care, racial equality or academic subject matter.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2016
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
Building a Cohesive Classroom: The Effects of Music on Cooperation and Community in a Public, Lower Elementary, Montessori Classroom
Available from: St. Catherine University
Action research, Lower elementary, Montessori method of education, Music - Instruction and study, Public Montessori
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Abstract/Notes: The following research assesses how the daily integration of singing and listening to music helps to construct a socially cohesive, cooperative and joyful classroom during clean up time. This study combined group singing opportunities, a music listening station and music played during clean up time. The songs used for this study included lyrical themes of cooperation, happiness, overcoming obstacles and/or friendship. The thirty-day study involved twenty-one participants between the ages of six and nine at a public, Montessori school in Missouri. Each individual completed a pre- and post-survey, as well as a survey each time they used the music listening station. During clean up time, observations were taken daily to record instances of helpful behaviors and joy amongst the participants. Results of the surveys showed that the intervention was successful at increasing positive experiences during clean up time and including a Music Listening Station as an available work choice. The intervention was not successful in creating positive experiences when singing together as a group. Further research may include the use of other mediums to promote community and collaboration like the fine arts, sports or other group oriented activities.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2019
Article
Operation Solid Cylinders
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1971, no. 4
Date: 1971
Pages: 2
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Cardiff School to Begin in Few Days: Plans Ready for Montessori Institution: Building Operations Active
Available from: California Digital Newspaper Collection
Publication: San Diego Union (San Diego, California)
Date: May 5, 1913
Pages: 20
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Cooperation
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 21, no. 3
Date: 2002
Pages: 14
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Language: English
Article
Cooperation
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 10, no. 1
Date: Jan 1989
Pages: 2-4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
All Done with Co-Operation [Madingley School, Cambridgeshire, parent-teacher cooperative]
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 5, no. 6
Date: Mar 1994
Pages: 24–25
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Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
Article
Harmony and Cooperation in the Montessori Community
Publication: Montessori News
Date: Spring 2013
Pages: 1, 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-6720
Article
Cooperation Averts Disaster for Interns [Los Angeles Montessori Teacher Training Program]
Publication: AMS News, vol. 2, no. 2
Date: 1971
Pages: 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0065-9444