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Gray's Theory Incorporates Earlier Evolutionary Model of "Triune Brain"

Publication: Montessori Society Review, vol. 5

Pages: 17

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Language: English

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Feeding the Brain

Publication: Infants and Toddlers, vol. 11, no. 2

Pages: 5–8, 19–20

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Language: English

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Montessori and Brain Research

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Abstract/Notes: Researchers in medicine, education, and related fields continue to make new discoveries about how the brain functions or malfunctions. The implications of studies of how young children learn compare favorably with those of educators such as Maria Montessori, Jerome Bruner, and Jean Piaget. These researchers saw growth and development as a series of stages related to inherited potential, maturation, and experiences. Brain research has concluded that (1) no single area of the brain can function alone, (2) individuals generate and associate different meanings to similar experiences, (3) the brain grows in spurts, (4) the brain responds to the environment surrounding it, (5) the brain can easily establish elaborate abstract coding and decoding systems, and (6) the brain deals with the world systematically. The role of the Montessori teacher--making the children the center of learning, encouraging children to use the freedom provided for them, observing children in order to prepare the best possible environment, recognizing sensitive periods, and diverting unacceptable behavior into meaningful tasks--supports the implications of this research.

Language: English

Published: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania: Bloomsburg University, 1985

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Abuse Burns Violence into Brain, Author Shows

Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 20

Pages: 6

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Language: English

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Impact of School Pedagogy on the Spatiotemporal Brain Network Dynamics of Student

Available from: Research Square

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Abstract/Notes: Across development, experience has a strong impact on the way we think and adapt. School experience affects academic and social-emotional outcomes, yet the extent to which pedagogy modulates underlying brain network development is still unknown. In this study, we compared brain network dynamics of students with different pedagogical backgrounds. Specifically, we characterized the diversity and stability of brain activity at rest by combining both resting-state fMRI and diffusion-weighted structural imaging data of 87 4-18 years-old students experiencing either the Montessori pedagogy (i.e., student-led, trial-and-error pedagogy) or the traditional pedagogy (i.e., teacher-led, test-based pedagogy). Our results revealed spatiotemporal brain dynamics differences between students as a function of schooling experience at the whole-brain level. Students from Montessori schools showed overall higher functional integration (higher system diversity) and neural stability (lower spatiotemporal diversity) compared to traditionally-schooled students. Higher integration was explained mainly through the cerebellar (CBL) functional network, while higher temporal stability was observed in the ventral attention (VA), dorsal attention (DA), somatomotor (SM), frontoparietal (FP), and CBL functional networks. This study suggests a form of experience-dependent dynamic functional connectivity plasticity, in learning-related networks.

Language: English

Published: Sep 21, 2023

Article

The Growing Brain in a Changing World

Publication: Parenting for a New World (AMI/USA), vol. 11, no. 4

Pages: 1-3

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Language: English

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Brainstorming Activities for the Preschooler: A Storytime Activity

Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 5, no. 5

Pages: 10

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Language: English

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Physiology of the Brain

Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 5, no. 5

Pages: 8

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Language: English

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Physiology of the Brain [Part 2]

Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 6, no. 1

Pages: 16

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Language: English

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Zoo-Phonics: A Phono-Visual, Tactile, Kinesthetic-Whole Brain Approach to Reading and Spelling

Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 17, no. 1

Pages: 3–4

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Language: English

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