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Article
An Irish Montessori School: Purpose-Built to Last [The Children's House, Thornhill, Stillorgan, Dublin]
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 10, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 24–26, 35
Europe, Ireland, Northern Europe
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
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Developing Public School Children's Houses
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: Fall 1990
Pages: 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Tragedy: How Two Schools Coped [Homewood Montessori, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Children's Montessori House, Traverse City, Michigan]
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: Fall 2005
Pages: 1, 14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Magic School Bus Dilemma: How Fantasy Affects Children's Learning from Stories
Available from: ScienceDirect
Publication: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 210
Date: Oct 1, 2021
Pages: Article 105212
Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Fantasy in children
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Abstract/Notes: Although children’s books often include fantasy, research suggests that children do not learn as well from fantastical stories as from realistic ones. The current studies investigated whether the type of fantasy matters, in effect testing two possible mechanisms for fantasy’s interference. Across two studies, 110 5-year-olds were read different types of fantastical stories containing a problem and then were asked to solve an analogous problem in a real lab setting. Children who were read a minimally fantastical version of the story, in which the story occurred on another planet “that looked just like Earth,” were no more likely to transfer the solution than children who heard a story that was slightly more fantastical in that the story occurred on another planet and that planet looked different from Earth (e.g., orange grass, a green sky). In contrast, significantly higher rates of learning were observed when the story contained those elements and two physically impossible events (e.g., walking through walls). Furthermore, this improvement was obtained only when the impossible events preceded, and not when they followed, the educational content. Although fantasy may sometimes detract from learning (as other research has shown), these new studies suggest that minimal fantasy does not and that particular types of fantasy may even increase learning. We propose that the mechanism for this may be that a small dose of impossible events induces deeper processing of the subsequent events in the story.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105212
ISSN: 0022-0965
Article
The Tension Between Teacher Control and Children's Freedom in a Child-Centered Classroom: Resolving the Practical Dilemma Through a Closer Look at the Related Theories
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 35, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 33-39
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Abstract/Notes: This article explores the meaning of child-centeredness in Early Childhood Education (ECE), by shedding light on the nuanced tensions between teacher control and children’s freedom. While ECE professionals advocate the importance of children’s individual interests and needs in education, they diverge somewhat in their perspectives about the teacher’s role in education. This article manifests and tries to resolve this teaching dilemma through incorporating the related theories (Piaget, Vygotsky, Dewey, and Montessori) upholding and encompassing child-centeredness. The author contends that high teacher control and high children’s freedom are not exclusive of one another: children’s freedom is defined in an active way, as freedom to participate, rather than in a passive way, as freedom from any constrains. The paper concludes with a metaphor of “impressionist painting”, which may offer some insights helpful to those who have struggled with the tension between teacher control and children’s freedom in the context of progressive and critical pedagogy.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0166-7
ISSN: 1082-3301, 1573-1707
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The Montessori Method of Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in the 'Children's Houses' [advertisement]
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Journal of Education (Boston), vol. 75, no. 24
Date: Jun 13, 1912
Pages: 687
Advertisements, Americas, House of Childhood, Inc. (New York), Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0022-0574, 2515-5741
Article
The Current Landscape of US Children's Television: Violent, Prosocial, Educational, and Fantastical Content
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Journal of Children and Media, vol. 13, no. 3
Date: 2019
Pages: 276-294
Children's mass media, Children's television programs, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The present study examined currently popular children’s television shows to determine the prevalence of violent, prosocial, educational, and fantastical content (including fantastical events and anthropomorphism). Network, style, and content ratings were collected for 88 shows using a combination of Common Sense Media and laboratory ratings applied to two randomly-selected episodes of each show. Overall, currently popular children’s television shows were most often animated and contained little violent, prosocial, or educational content, but a great deal of fantastical content. Interrelations among variables were also examined. Shows with fantastical events were both more violent and more prosocial than shows without, and shows with anthropomorphism were more prosocial than shows without. The network on which a show aired predicted violent, prosocial, and educational content, but not fantastical content. Children’s television today is not as violent as might be believed, but nor is it particularly prosocial or educational. It is highly fantastical. The implications of the landscape for children’s behavior, learning, and cognition are discussed.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2019.1605916
ISSN: 1748-2798
Article
Exploring Children's Language Cognitive Development: An Inquiry-Based on China Sinology and Montessori Teaching Method
Available from: International Journal of Education and Research
Publication: International Journal of Education and Research, vol. 10, no. 5
Date: May 2022
Pages: 91-98
Asia, China, Cognitive development, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, East Asia, Language acquisition, Language development, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori education is a popular way of education in the world. Although this method has been passed around the world for many years, it became popular in China's education system in the 1990s. However, parents in China either choose to believe in Montessori's influence and significance on their children or choose to keep their children educated only in traditional Chinese culture. There are some kindergartens in China where China Sinology and Montessori education coexist. Current studies lack discussion on the impact of the integration of Montessori education and Sinology education on children. Both Montessori education and Sinology have their special advantages for children's cognitive development. This research aims to explore the influence of the Montessori teaching method and Chinese traditional education on the language cognitive development of 3–6 years-old-children.
Language: English
ISSN: 2411-5681
Article
An Examination of the Development of Children's Social and Emotional Competencies in Pre-School
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: International Journal of Early Years Education
Date: Dec 30, 2020
Pages: 1-19
Montessori method of education, Preschool children, Social development, Social emotional learning
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Abstract/Notes: This paper presents perspectives from early childhood practitioners of pre-school children’s (n = 100) social and emotional competencies upon entering pre-school and again after term three of the pre-school year. This research reports findings from five pre-school settings within rural and urban locations. A quantitative approach is used with pre-school practitioners completing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and an Emotional Regulation Questionnaire to rate the children’s social and emotional competencies. Our findings indicate that many of the social and emotional competencies increase by the end of term three of the pre-school year. We report higher proficiencies in emotional competencies in comparison to their social competencies. Overall the findings suggest that children can transform their competencies during the pre-school year.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2020.1865134
ISSN: 0966-9760
Article
Examining the Effects of the Montessori Approach on Children's Concept Acquisition
Available from: İlköğretim Online
Publication: İlköğretim Online [Elementary Education Online], vol. 13, no. 1
Date: 2014
Pages: 223‐234
Asia, Middle East, Turkey, Western Asia
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Abstract/Notes: The main purpose of this research is to examine the effect of Montessori education approach on 4-6-year-old children’s concept acquisition such as school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence. The method of this research was pre-test/post-test, experimental and control group. Pre-test/post-test was carried out to examine the effect of the Montessori education on 4-6 year-old children who are the experimental group and the control group was formed to compare the effect of Montessori education on the experimental group. Sample of research consisted of 24 children who were educated with Montessori education at Gazi University Faculty of Vocational Education Department of Child Development and Education Application Preschool and 24 children who were educated at Ankara University Application Preschool and Child Club, where MoNE’s curriculum was carried out. For children’s acquisition of concepts such as school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised was used as data collecting instruments. Comparing both groups for pre-test and post-test mean score obtained from Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised results show that statistical differences were found between the experimental and the control group and these differences were in favor of the experimental group. There are differences between children who got education through Montessori approach and MoNE’s curriculum in school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence areas.
Language: English
ISSN: 1305-3515