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Article
Maria Montessori and Educational Forces in America
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 19, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 34-47
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Abstract/Notes: When Maria Montessori addressed two wildly enthusiastic American audiences at Carnegie Hall in December 1913, she thrilled the parents in attendance, but sent a shock wave through the educational establishment. Instead of accommodating skeptics from the teacher-training institutions seated there that night, she appealed directly to parents who found in the Montessori message an antidote to the miasma in their children's schools. Subsequently, the educational establishment that found more to dislike than to admire in Montessori marshaled their considerable power to discourage any permanent American Montessori movement for years to come. This article explores the clash between Montessori and optimistic American families versus the American educational establishment of the time. For further historical perspective, the author offers an analysis of the growth of the kindergarten movement and the emergence of progressivism in education as an outgrowth of the American Progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century. Maria Montessori's presentations at Carnegie Hall occurred at the apex of these convulsive forces.
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Montessori in American Culture to Be Topic of AMS Conference [April, 1990]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 2, no. 2
Date: Winter 1990
Pages: 23
Perceptions, Public Montessori
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Montessori System [5]; Interest and Experiment In America
Publication: The Times (London, England)
Date: Jan 28, 1914
Pages: 4
Americas, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0140-0460
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Home Alone: With No Original Text as Guide, Americans Develop Their Own Approaches to Applying Montessori Principles in the Home
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: Fall 1994
Pages: 1
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Abstract/Notes: Introduction to the issue
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
American Educators Recognize in Dr. Montessori's Method Certain Limitations That Bar it from Complete Acceptance
Available from: Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Publication: The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.)
Date: Sep 16, 1915
Pages: 8
Americas, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Searching for Equity in Education: A Qualitative Study Examining the Experiences of African American Families in Accessing and Financing Montessori Education
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: In this qualitative, interpretive study, I examine the experiences of African American families in accessing and financing Montessori education in the United States, including African American families who did or did not eventually enroll their child(ren) in Montessori schools. The extant literature notes that African American families are disproportionately underrepresented in Montessori schools, despite an interest in this form of education. Grounded in the theoretical framework of critical race theory, I analyze participants’ perspectives on the role of race, and relatedly class, on what helped or hindered their awareness of, access to, and financing of Montessori education. Through 45–60-minute interviews with 13 African American families characterized as interested in enrolling their children in Montessori education, I found the following themes in regard to my research questions. First, participants’ experiences were noted as the power of social capital, challenge of logistics, and competing tensions in enrollment decision making. Second, hindrances to participants’ access and financing of Montessori education included: financial and financial aid barriers, gaps in equitable communication and marketing strategies, and limited diversity & equity initiatives. Third, participants found sources of support for accessing and financing Montessori education through a guiding belief in the philosophy of Montessori education and external change agents. Implications for theory and practice are included.
Language: English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2022
Article
Montessori Therapy is Coming to America
Available from: Montessori Public
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 7, no. 2
Date: Spring 2023
Pages: 18-19
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Language: English
Article
]American Montessori Society, the Montessori School Management Guide (book review)]
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 24
Date: 1992
Pages: 103-104
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Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220
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Esuelas Montessori, su legado en la actualidad: do experiencias en contextos culturales diferentes desde los confines del mundo, Argentina, Latinoamérica
Available from: Fondazione Montessori
Publication: MoMo (Mondo Montessori), no. 4
Date: Dec 2015
Pages: 183-186
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Abstract/Notes: Part of the special issue: Maria Montessori nel XXI secolo - Interventi Dal Congresso Internazionale: Maria Montessori e la scuola dell'infanzia a nuovo indirizzo (20-24 Febbraio 2015, Pontifica Università Lateranense, Roma.
Language: Spanish
ISSN: 2421-440X, 2723-9004
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America’s Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle [book review]
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: History of Education, vol. 51, no. 5
Date: 2022
Pages: 766-768