Abstract/Notes: This master’s thesis investigates the support provided to teachers in fostering Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within schools. The study was carried out at a private international school in France following a unique school concept. An ethnographic design facilitated a comprehensive study of three months involving participant observations, non-participant observations, and interviews. The research adopts an instrumental case study approach, which focuses on illuminating the particular issue of educators transitioning from traditional teaching methods to an alternative concept. Key findings highlight four factors that support teachers, such as the implementation of a buddy system for collaboration and meaningful learning experiences among teachers. It also identifies six limitations, including the lack of clear guidance and sufficient professional development opportunities. The research further evaluates how the school aligns with UNESCO’s (2021) ESD guidelines highlighting both areas of success and improvement. Here, the findings show a connection between the physical environment and the teaching experience and how it can negatively impact the teacher if the space does not align with the pedagogy. The study also found that it is unrealistic for one teacher to embody all the competencies that are relevant to an effective implementation of ESD. Instead, a diverse team can expose students to all competencies by collaborating and considering their own multiple intelligences and the ones of their students. This qualitative study offers unique contributions by amplifying teachers’ voices, illuminating their challenges, and highlighting the importance of supportive learning environments for ESD. Further research is essential for broader generalizability, optimizing the learning environment, and collaborative teacher education to enhance ESD implementation and sustainability.

Language: English

Published: As, Norway, 2023

Abstract/Notes: The world of education in Kupang is improving to implement an education system that is considered capable of meeting global challenges. Starting from the design of curriculum, the application of English in daily life, to the learning methods adapted to the implementation of primary and secondary education in developed countries. Christian Montessori School (CHRISTMAS) is one of the International schools in Kupang. The use of English in daily life both in class and during recess at school from kindergarten, elementary school to junior high school is very helpful for children facing global challenges. The aims of this research are formulated as follows (i) to identify strengths and weaknesses of using storytelling as a strategy to teach Indonesian of CHRISTMAS elementary school Kupang in academic year 2022/2023.(ii) to identify opportunities and threats of using storytelling as a strategy to teach Indonesian of CHRISTMAS elementary school Kupang in academic year 2022/2023. The subjects of this study were the first grade students of CHRISTMAS elementary school Kupang. The Researcher collects data by observing, interviewing, and analyzing documents. After that, the researcher did a reflection of the teaching strategy. Based on the result of this research, the researcher found that there are some strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to using storytelling as a strategy to teach Indonesian to the first grade students of CHRISTMAS elementary school Kupang. So the result of this study was applied by students filling out the answer sheets first to express their main ideas. Students will learn the lesson using English in the classroom. Keywords: storytelling, elementary school, first grade students, strengths and weaknesses, opportunity and threats. ? CITATIONS ? Total citations ? Recent citations n/a Field Citation Ratio n/a Relative Citation Ratio

Language: English

DOI: 10.35508/ajes.v7i1.11848

ISSN: 2654-5624, 2654-5969

Abstract/Notes: The current study aims to explore the effectiveness of Montessori Method in the Algerian EFL primary classrooms. This research was conducted through mixed method (qualitative and quantitative methods), and the data was collected through Observation and questionnaire. For the observation, the participants were third year EFL primary teacher and her learners, who are 30 students divided into 17 girls and 13 boys, in Saad Saoud El Messoud primary school in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria. The participants of the questionnaire were 30 EFL primary teachers, it is an online questionnaire conducted through Google form platform. The aim of the research is to find out whether the EFL primary teachers are implementing the principles of the MM or not, and to figure out if the manners, actions, and behaviours used by the teacher are appropriate for the learning process or not. However, after the answers of the questionnaire and the 9 hours of observation during 3 months, the authors find out that the MM is not implemented by the EFL primary teachers, because there is no freedom, no choices, and no appropriate materials and environment for the young learners. Thus, the findings encourage the need for the EFL teachers to identify and imitate the aspects of the Montessori Method

Language: English

Published: El Anceur, Algeria, 2023

Abstract/Notes: The article deals with the educational ideas the famous Italian doctor and educator Maria Montessori, her many-sided personality, some aspects of the life, activities and methods highlighted on the pages of foreign periodicals. The relevance of the pedagogue’s ideas in the modern world has been stressed; the demand of the modern society for the education of a free individual, striving for independent active searches and self-realization, has been emphasized. The article reveals the personality of M. Montessori as one of the educators who was able to pose and solve a global problem in philosophical, psychological and pedagogical theory, as well as to implement her concept in practice, creating a pedagogical system named as «Montessori method». M. Montessori; as an educator who gave a new quality to the education development strategy, humanizing it, returning it to the person. The analysis of M. Montessori’s pedagogical activities, positions, views and her life paths, highlighted by foreign researches, have been presented in the article; her role as an architect of the «rediscovery» of the child has been stressed. The educator’s revolutionary ideas about childhood and education for life, rather than education based on obedience and immobility, have been noted as well as their development as a result of M. Montessori’s medical research has been admitted; her new visions of the school by designing strategies that would overcame the barriers to education, have been mentioned. The article also stresses the educator’s desire to show how to save humanity by means of pedagogy: starting with the child and human freedom and, in particular, freedom for women. / У статті розглядаються просвітницькі ідеї відомої італійської лікарки та педагогині Марії Монтессорі, її багатогранна особистість, окремі сторони життя, діяльності, методики, цінності, світоглядні орієнтири та принципи, висвітлені дослідниками на сторінках зарубіжних періодичних видань. Підкреслено актуальність ідей італійської педагогині в сучасному світі; зауважено запит сучасного суспільства на виховання вільної особистості, що прагне до самостійного активного пошуку, зростання та самореалізації. У статті розкривається особистість М. Монтессорі як однієї з педагогинь, яка зуміла поставити і вирішити глобальну проблему у філософській та психолого-педагогічній теоріях, а також змогла реалізувати її концепцію на практиці, створивши педагогічну систему під назвою «Метод Монтессорі». М. Момтессорі розкривається у статті як освітня діячка, яка надала стратегії розвитку освіти нової якості –гуманізувавши її та повернувши її людині. У статті подано думки зарубіжних дослідників стосовно педагогічної діяльності, позицій, поглядів та життєвих шляхів М. Монтессорі, висвітлених на сторінках зарубіжних періодичних видань; підкреслюється її роль як архітектора «повторного відкриття»дитини. Відзначено революційні ідеї педагогині стосовно дитинства та виховання на все життя, а не виховання на основі слухняності та нерухомості, а також визнання їх розвитку у результаті медичних досліджень М. Монтессорі. Згадано коментарі зарубіжних дослідників стосовно того, що протягом тривалого часу М. Монтессорі вважалася «проблемною»фігурою в італійському академічному та політичному істеблішменті, «будучи нонконформісткою, феміністкою та «складним педагогом»«; зауважено і підкреслено її нове бачення школи шляхом розробки стратегій задля подолання бар’єрів в освіті. У статті також наголошується на прагненні педагогині показати, як засобами педагогіки врятувати людство: починаючи зі свободи дитини та свободи людини та, зокрема, свободи жінки.

Language: English, Ukrainian

DOI: 10.28925/1609-8595.2023.3.8

ISSN: 2412-0774

Language: English

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: This paper presents the socialization in preschool-age according to Montessori pedagogy and emphasizes the three elements – the favorable environment, the prepared teacher and the child. It describes the child’s path towards socialization and how he/she builds his/her sense of community, by focusing on the absorbent mind, sensitive periods, movement, concentration, the development of willpower, character and intelligence, the process of normalization, and formation of self-discipline. / В настоящия доклад се представят характеристиката и спецификата на социализацията в предучилищна възраст през погледа на Монтесори педагогиката. В него се акцентира върху трите елемента – подкрепяща среда, подготвен учител и дете. Описва се пътят, по който детето преминава в своята социализация и как изгражда чувството си за общност – започвайки от характеристиките на попиващия ум, сензитивните/чувствителните периоди, движението, концентрацията, нормализацията, изграждането на волята, характера, интелигентността и самодисциплината.

Language: Bulgarian

Published: Sofia, Bulgaria: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2023

Pages: 198-204

ISBN: 978-954-07-5061-3

Language: English

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: On 6 May 2022, 70 years after Maria Montessori’s death, Stockholm University and the Department of Education and Didactics organized an international Montessori symposium. The idea was to present a breadth of research on Maria Montessori. The symposium dealt with Maria Montessori in the interwar period, an analysis of the history of ideas. Another presentation suggested possible research models to study this large field. The symposium also presented interpretations of Montessori’s writings that point her out as a visionary and pioneer in education for a sustainable world. An additional research area addressed was the potential of neuroscience to examine the effects of teaching theory and learning in Montessori education. Finally, this report describes a study on whether Montessori-inspired education compared to traditional education stands up in areas of socio-economic disadvantage.

Language: English

DOI: 10.16993/jmre.20

ISSN: 2002-3375