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Montessori Middle School and the Transition to High School: Student Narratives
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: 2020
Pages: 26-38
Americas, High school students, Middle school students, Montessori method of education - Evaluation, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This narrative study investigated through storytelling the experiences of five students who attended a Montessori middle school and then transitioned to a public high school. The testimonies of the participants highlighted that, to help students make a successful transition to high school, it is useful to consider three elements: (a) developing academic and social-emotional skills, (b) fostering positive attitudes toward learning, and (c) creating opportunities to practice self-reliance, self-advocacy, and grit. The experience of these particular students accentuates the ability of a Montessori middle school to emphasize both academic rigor and the social-emotional skills that build the fortitude necessary for students to successfully transition to high school. This study suggests that Montessori middle school practices may foster the intellectual and emotional growth of students so that they can successfully transition to high school and are potentially buffered from many of the detrimental academic and emotional impacts of ninth grade.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Celebrating Diversity at a Public Montessori School [Hull-Jackson Montessori Magnet School, Nashville, TN]
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 77
Date: Oct 2005
Pages: 24–25
Americas, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Development of Social, Personal and Cognitive Skills of Preschool Children in Montessori and Traditional Preschool Programs
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 72, no. 1
Date: 1991
Pages: 117-124
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Abstract/Notes: The relationship between time in Montessori and Traditional Preschool programs and the preschool child's develoment of [1] personal skills, [2] relationship with teachers, [3] peer relations, [4] behavioral control, and [5] cognitive skills with age controlled was used to compare the relative effectiveness of the programs. This design was necessary since it is likely that parents who select the Montessori program for their child are different from parents selecting traditional preschool programs for their children. Three Montessori programs [n = 108] and three traditional programs [n = 116] provided the subjects for the study. The Pre Kindergarten Scale [PKS], a multiple choice behavioral rating scale was completed by the programs’ teachers on each child. The results revealed that the only variable significant in predicting time in program for the traditional program, relationship with teacher, was the only variable insignificant in predicting length of time in program for the Montessori program. The strongest relationship was for length of time in the Montessori program and relationship with peers [18 percent of variance] with age controlled.
Language: English
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
Article
Montessori Elementary School Update: The South London Montessori School
Publication: Montessori Society Review, vol. 2
Date: 1993
Pages: 4–5
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Language: English
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
Article
The Montessori Land School: The Root and Branch of Lake Country School
Publication: Communications: Journal of the Association Montessori Internationale (2009-2012), vol. 2011, no. 1-2
Date: 2011
Pages: 176–184
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Language: English
ISSN: 1877-539X
Article
The OEkos Schools Program [13 participating schools]
Publication: OEkosphere [Œkosphere], vol. 1, no. 5
Date: Nov/Dec 1995
Pages: 6
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Language: English
Article
Bulletin of Panama-California Exposition: Announcing a Joint Summer Session under auspices of The San Diego State Normal School, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The School of American Archaeology, The Montessori Institute, July 5-Aug 13, 1915
Available from: San Diego State University Libraries
Publication: Normal News Weekly (San Diego, California)
Date: Jun 21, 1915
Pages: [unpaged]
Americas, International Montessori Training Course (3rd [course 1], Los Angeles and San Diego, USA, May - July 1915), Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - Teacher training, Montessori method of education - Teachers, North America, Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916, San Diego, California), Teacher training, Teachers, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "Faculty – The Montessori Institute — Dottoressa Maria Montessori and Assistants" ... "The Montessori Institute – During the month of July, San Diego is to receive and entertain as an honored guest of the city, the Exposition and the schools of the city, the famous Dottoressa Maria Montessori, who will bring for that month, her private class in Montessori methods now organized in Los Angeles, and which is not open to other Summer School students. In addition to this private class, there will be on the Exposition grounds, a Montessori demonstration school of children, which will be open for daily observation by all students registered for the summer session. Students will thus be able to get at first hand the Montessori methods and principles."
Language: English
Article
The Birth of a Public School Montessori Program [Central Kitsap School District, Washington]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: 1992
Pages: 11
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Schools Helping Schools: Public Relations Programme
Publication: Montessori Matters
Date: 1992
Pages: 23
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Language: English