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Article

The Natural World as Prepared Environment

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 27, no. 3

Pages: 131-148

North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

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Abstract/Notes: Weaves theoretical concepts of Maria Montessori and Edith Cobb to suggest that a moral, meaningful life is influenced by early contact with nature in which adults draw children's attention to its value. Suggests that nature is the prepared environment fostering cosmic harmony and asserts that educators should provide opportunities for early encounters with nature and learning about global needs around the use and distribution of natural resources. (KB)

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Article

The Prepared Environment Re-Examined

Publication: NAMTA Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3

Pages: 43-46

Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Prepared environment

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Language: English

Article

Technology and the Prepared Environment for the Third-Plane Child

Available from: ERIC

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 41, no. 2

Pages: 131-150

North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

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Abstract/Notes: Cynthia Castiglione presents Near North Montessori School's (Chicago) adolescent community's approach to technology. Her framework begins with the needs of the adolescent for social independence, social acceptance, and social justice. Using that template, she defines seven keys or characteristics that make up the technological environment: adaptability, social, real, independent, structure, order, safety, beauty, and the role of the guide. Montessori's writings are interspersed with each area to support her orientation. A bibliography is included. [This paper was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "A Montessori Integrated Approach to Science, Mathematics, Technology, and the Environment" in Portland, OR, Mar 31-Apr 3, 2016.]

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Article

True Work: Discovering the Path to Self-Perfection through the Prepared Environment

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 28, no. 2

Pages: 61-84

Classroom environments, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Prepared environment, Teacher-student relationships, Three-hour work cycle, Work periods

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Abstract/Notes: Considers 3- to 6-year-olds' work cycle, looking first to the Montessori concept of normalization, manifest as increasing depth of concentration. Offers guidelines for a "protected lesson," designed to foster independence. Discusses interest and purpose as the basis for work, work "curves," control of error, presentation dynamics, and design of the prepared environment as they relate to the directress' role in linking children to true work. (Author/KB)

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Doctoral Dissertation

Outside the Prepared Environment: How Montessori Teacher Training Influences Practitioner Attitudes to Technology

Available from: ERIC

Information and communications technology (ICT), Montessori method of education - Study and teaching, Montessori method of education - Teacher training, Teachers - Attitudes, Teachers - Attitudes, Technology and children

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Abstract/Notes: This quantitative causal-comparative research study addresses the question of whether a teacher’s training background is related to a difference in their attitude toward educational technology. This study specifically targeted Montessori Early Childhood Educators during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared their scores on each of nine subscales on the Teacher Attitudes to Computers (TAC) and Teacher Attitudes to Technology (TAT) survey instruments. Participants were recruited from Montessori-specific Facebook groups and were grouped by their own training background, namely face-to-face, blended, and online. In the study, 214 participants took part of which 76 were trained face-to-face, 63 were trained in a blended format, and 64 were trained in an online format. Differences were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA between pairings of each of the three training backgrounds. Differences were found among each of the three groups in terms of their scores on each of the nine subscales of the TAC/TAT, with the widest gap between those who experienced face-to-face training and those who experienced online training. Further research is needed to gain more insight into the specific experiences of Montessori Early Childhood Educators in reference to their attitudes toward technology and their impact on practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Language: English

Published: Lakewood, Colorado, 2022

Article

A Study on the Prepared Environment in Montessori Education / Montessori 교육의 준비된 환경에 대한 일 연구

Publication: 유아교육연구 / Korean Journal of Early Childhood Education, vol. 8

Pages: 47-61

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Abstract/Notes: The Montesori education is for becoming normalization of child by forming the development concentration on the works by use the materials oneself who is the child to be educated in the prepared environment which is provided by the directress, the persons who make the environment for this purpose. The value of Montessori education could highly be approaised as the expectable seeking form of education which offers the selective opportunity by oneself as an esteemed independent individual. Furthermore, it could offer the development of independency to the child who is at the sensitive period with good absorbability from the surrounding environment as well as offer the responsibility of one`s own study for promotion of future study possibility and various experience. For this purpose, the prepared environmet is the precondition of education. Accordingly, for the application of this education at the educational places in our country, the following should be considered and the subjects of the way of education. 1. The real understanding and appraisal should be preceded based on full theorical examination on the Montessori education. 2. The education must be conducted by the instructors who have the license, issued by the International Montessori Association(AMI, AMS)and the specialized training institute for the Montessori instructors training should be established. 3. The adequate materials of Montessori for suitability for physical development which is acknowledged by the AMI, AMS should be manufactured and supplied for respective child. 4. The installation and furnishing fund must be presented in detail on the Montessori educational institute.

Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-9565, 2733-9637

Article

A Study of Interior Design Through the "Prepared Environment" for Childhood / "준비된 환경"으로써의 유아교육이 실내건축에 미치는 영향

Available from: KoreaScience

Publication: Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference

Pages: 166-169

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Abstract/Notes: This study on the Environmental kindergarden from the Original Method as a Frobel and a Montessori. For the purpose of this story, in the motive by the interior design for architectural childhood is understanding prepared Environmental of PEDAGOGIA Montessori. The Montessori's opinion has The Material through the culture concept From childrens toys. And there are concept house "CASA DEI BAMBINI" in Mantova 1920. This Environmental has original idea from the old Italian culture.

Language: Korean

Article

M. Montessori의 준비된 환경에서의 자유논의 [Free Discussion in a Prepared Environment by Maria Montessori]

Available from: RISS

Publication: Montessori교육연구 [Montessori Education Research], vol. 4

Pages: 45-57

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Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-9417

Article

Technology and the Adolescent: Finding the True Balance in the Prepared Environment

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 35, no. 2

Pages: 45–63

North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

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Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Article

"My Children Taught Me How to Teach Them": Montessori Schools: The Prepared Environment

Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 2, no. 4

Pages: 3–6

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Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

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