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Student Adjustment to Higher Education: The Role of Alternative Educational Pathways in Coping with the Demands of Student Life
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Higher Education, vol. 59, no. 3
Date: 2010
Pages: 353-366
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Abstract/Notes: The present longitudinal study measured student adjustment to higher education, comparing 50 participants from alternative schools (Steiner, Montessori, New Schools) with 80 students from the traditional school system. We hypothesized that students from alternative schools adapt better, because of greater perceived social support, academic self-efficacy, and task-oriented coping styles. Measures were taken during the last school year (baseline characteristics), and at the beginning of the first and last terms of the first year in higher education. The quality of adjustment was assessed through academic results, and physical and psychological well-being. The following instruments were used: the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory by Spielberger (1983), the 13-items Depression Inventory by Beck et al. (1961), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations by Endler and Parker (1990), and semi-directed interviews. Results show that students from alternative schools adjust better to higher education: they report less anxiety and depression symptoms, and show greater life satisfaction and academic achievement.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9252-7
ISSN: 1573-174X
Article
Interaction Between Educational Approach and Space: The Case of Montessori
Available from: Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
Publication: Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 1
Date: 2017
Pages: 265-274
Architecture, Design, Learning environments
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Abstract/Notes: This study aims to emphasize that the realization of effective educational approaches depends on the design of spaces suitable for the determined philosophy, and to reveal the design decisions required by the Montessori educational approach. A three-step method was followed in the line of the aim of this study. The first step is to acquire theoretical knowledge about the Montessori educational approach. The second step is to perform a spatial analysis based on the obtained plan schedules and visual materials from the school samples that have adopted the Montessori educational approach and designed by the designers according to this approach and the final step is to bring design decisions to designers and educators in order to create educational environments for the Montessori educational approach, depending on the literature and school analysis. In the study, it is observed in Montessori educational approach that the relationship between interior and exterior spaces is very important, that the circulation spaces and classrooms are designed as flexible multipurpose spaces depending on the basic principles of freedom, socialization, and that child-scale design and natural light are extremely important for all of the areas in question. It is seen that the Montessori approach is influential on educational spaces and the presence of spaces embodying this approach has a correspondence in architecture. In this context, this study, which reveals the relationship between learning environments and learning efficiency, is considered to be a source of data for the schools to be designed in this direction.
Language: English
ISSN: 1305-8215, 1305-8223
Article
The Impact of Structural Upheavals on Educational Organisation, Attainment and Choice: The Experience of Post-Communist Hungary
Available from: Wiley Online Library
Publication: European Journal of Education, vol. 41, no. 1
Date: 2006
Pages: 71-84
Eastern Europe, Europe, Hungary
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Abstract/Notes: During the transition period in Hungary the role of the market has become more significant, and several market elements have appeared in education, as well. The growing social demand for schooling resulted in the huge expansion of secondary and higher education. Schools try to match the demand with the supply in a colourful variety of programmes. However, public education in Hungary struggles with very great problems of inequalities.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2006.00247.x
ISSN: 0141-8211
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Educational News and Editorial Comment; Madame Montessori and American Imitators
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Elementary School Journal, vol. 30, no. 8
Date: Apr 1930
Pages: 570-571
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 1554-8279, 0013-5984
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Educational News and Editorial Comment; American Montessori Courses
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Elementary School Journal, vol. 15, no. 2
Date: Oct 1914
Pages: 61-62
Americas, Montessori method of education - History, North America, Trainings, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 1554-8279, 0013-5984
Article
Why Does Multiage Make Sense? Compelling Arguments for Educational Change
Publication: Primary Voices K-6, vol. 6, no. 2
Date: Apr 1998
Pages: 2-9
Academic achievement, Americas, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Nongraded schools, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Discusses the overwhelmingly positive evidence from experience and research which suggests that a multiage environment can be superior to one of age-segregated class levels. Illuminates the logic of educating students in mixed-age groups (called multiage) by discussing the academic and social advantages, the affective benefits, and the positive impact on both promotion and long-term educational goals. (SR)
Language: English
ISSN: 1068-073X
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Riflessioni sulle Pratiche Educative Osservate in un Nido del Centro Nascita Montessori [Reflecting on the Educational Practices led in a Nursery of the Centro Nascita Montessori]
Available from: Università di Bologna
Publication: Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica / Journal of Theories and Research in Education, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: 2010
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Abstract/Notes: L’articolo presenta una ricerca basata sull’osservazione di un contesto educativo di ispirazione montessoriana. La ricerca intendeva mettere in luce gli atteggiamenti, le proposte e le strategie delle educatrici, e le risposte dei bambini a queste sollecitazioni. Il testo si articola in una introduzione metodologica che illustra il tipo di servizio educativo, la metodologia di osservazione adottata e la traccia che ha gui-dato le osservazioni; seguono alcune considerazioni sull’autonomia del bambino, l’attenzione al singolo bambino e la cura del bambino, emerse dalla analisi delle osservazioni; conclude l’articolo la trascrizione di una delle tre osservazioni condotte. [The paper presents an observational study carried on in an early educational context inspired to Montessori approach. It is aimed at illustrating the educators’ attitudes, behaviours, and educational strategies and the children’s reactions to them. First, the educational approach of the centre and the observational methodology are described. Then, a detailed analysis of the observations with regard to the educators’ support to child autonomy, attention to children’s requests and needs, and care behaviours is presented. Finally, the transcript of a whole observation is reported.]
Language: Italian
DOI: 10.6092/issn.1970-2221/1760
ISSN: 1970-2221
Article
Freedom for the Child [The Organ of the Montessori Educational Association]
Publication: Beinn Bhreagh Recorder, vol. 15
Date: Feb 27, 1914
Pages: 144-145
Alexander Graham Bell - Biographic sources, Americas, Mabel Bell - Biographic sources, Montessori Educational Association (USA), Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This is an insert which contains the January 1914 issue (vol. 1, no. 2) of Freedom for the Child (18 pages).
Language: English
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Cronologia dels esdeveniments educatius més importants a Mallorca durant el segle XX [Chronology of the most important educational events in Mallorca during the 20th century]
Available from: Biblioteca digital de les Illes Balears
Publication: L'Arc, vol. 5
Date: 1998
Pages: 79-80
Europe, Southern Europe, Spain
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Language: Catalan
ISSN: 1136-8969, 2659-4560
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Montessori Educational Association
Publication: Beinn Bhreagh Recorder, vol. 15
Date: 1914
Pages: 229
Montessori Educational Association (USA)
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Language: English