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The Effect of Montessori Method on Teaching Cultural and Creative Arts in Primary Schools in Zaria, Nigeria
Available from: African Journals Online
Publication: Journal of Research in National Development, vol. 15, no. 1
Date: 2017
Africa, Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa
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Abstract/Notes: The Effect of the Montessori Method on teaching was investigated among children to discover their artistic development in Zaria, Kaduna State. The problem of the study is that the Montessori Method on teaching cultural and creative arts is not adequately explored in the primary schools, while other teaching methods used, do not bring out the full potentials of children’s artistic capabilities. Thus the study attempted to find out if the Montessori Method has effect on children’s artistic development. The aim of the study is to explore the effect of the Montessori Methods on the development of children’s creativity. Quasi experimental design was used for analyzing the instruments. A drawing test was administrated to the children using the Montessori Method of teaching; a semi-structured interview was also administered to the teachers. Total of 1,030 pupils (boys and girls) in primary schools from randomly selected schools were involved in the study. The data collected was analyzed using simple t-test, ANOVA and chi-square. The method of teaching was assessed on children’s developmental stages in creative artistic development between pre-schematic stage, schematic stage and gang stage. The findings revealed that the Montessori Method on Teaching had a positive effect on the Children’s artistic development and performance in the primary schools in Zaria. The pupils had a general positive and enthusiastic attitude towards culture and creative arts. This shows that when children are given the opportunity and enough art materials to express themselves, they would be able to display their different characteristics. The Montessori Method of teaching was better adopted than the conventional teaching methods used on the development of the creative artistic abilities of Children in the primary schools.
Language: English
ISSN: 1596-8308
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Creative Engagement: Handwork as Follow-Up Work
Publication: Montessori Insights
Date: 2017
Pages: 12-16
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Language: English
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Differences in the Development of Creative Competencies in Children Schooled in Diverse Learning Environments
Available from: ScienceDirect
Publication: Learning and Individual Differences, vol. 18, no. 4
Date: 2008
Pages: 381-389
Comparative education, Efficacy, Executive function, Self-determination
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Abstract/Notes: Studies on the development of creativity have highlighted the impact of learning environments. In particular, pedagogical approaches are hypothesized to differ concerning their emphasis on individual initiative, and action-based learning. A semi-longitudinal study was conducted during two consecutive years with 210 children in elementary schools with traditional and alternative pedagogical approaches. Our results highlight (1) an influence of pedagogy on children's creative performance; (2) a positive influence of alternative pedagogy on creative development from year 1 to year 2 mainly for Montessori school. Children's creative performance was influenced not only by the type of task but also by the type of school.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.11.009
ISSN: 1041-6080
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Preface: The Montessori Foundations for the Creative Personality
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2014-2015
Date: 2014/2015
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Abstract/Notes: Creativity today is not just about art, originality, inventiveness—if we look deeper into the Montessori literature it is about the formation of the entire developmental continuum and the whole child.
Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
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Unlocking the Creative Potential: The Montessori Sensorial Materials
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 18, no. 3
Date: 1999
Pages: 11–12
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Language: English
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Creative Teaching Praised: Montessori Plan Expanded
Publication: Dallas Times Herald
Date: 1982
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Language: English
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San Remo Lectures: Lecture I, The Creative Capacity of Early Childhood
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2003, no. 2-3
Date: 2003
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Development of Creative Drama
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 13
Date: 1969-1970
Pages: 17-23
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
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How a Creative Drama Session Is Planned
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 14
Date: 1971
Pages: 81-83
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
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Creative Development in the Child Vol. 1: Chapter 30
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2014-2015
Date: 2014/2015
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori designed the colour tablets, not with paint and varnish, but with silk thread wound on a tablet with handles on each end. Yet in her essay on colour she describes in detail the scientific rationale for and method of presenting all three colour boxes.
Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319