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Montessori Inclusion: Strategies and Stories of Support for Learners with Exceptionalities
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Abstract/Notes: A collaborative anthology offering critical information about accommodating children with exceptionalities. Includes basic special education terminology and how it relates to Montessori, and details of inclusive and innovative model schools setting new pedagogical standards.
Language: English
Published: Santa Rosa, California: Parent Child Press, 2020
ISBN: 978-0-939195-59-6 0-939195-59-3
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The Perfect Storm of Challenging Students: Fifteen Strategies to Support the Socio-Emotional Learning and Education of the Whole Learner
Available from: IGI Global
Book Title: Multifaceted Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Learner Education
Pages: 211-245
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Abstract/Notes: This chapter explores 15 strategies being employed at various public military charter schools across the United States to support the socio-emotional learning and education of the whole learner. These research-based strategies are intended to overcome and vanquish the adverse childhood experiences (identified in a Kaiser health study), various forms of trauma, and typical “at risk” factors so common amongst families who tend to choose public military academies in the hopes these schools will “fix” the many challenges their children face. Through a careful examination of each strategy (including its research basis and benefits and challenges), the author provides a glimpse into a possible formula other public and private schools might consider employing to meet the socio-emotional and educational needs of students impacted by a cacophony of life's challenges.
Language: English
Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-79984-906-3
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Multifaceted Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Learner Education
Available from: IGI Global
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Abstract/Notes: With the turmoil and conflict that has been present in recent times, it is imperative that new methods of teaching are explored in order to produce emotionally secure and connected individuals. Social-emotional learning and whole learner education has emerged as a strategy to ensure that students are actively engaged in learning, the school, and their community. It teaches them tactics that allow them to better manage their emotions, maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. It is imperative that the whole learner is supported and encouraged to ensure proper mental health, academic achievement, and social responsibility of current and future generations. 'Multifaceted Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Learner Education' is a critical research publication that supports teachers who wish to utilize these teaching theories to meet their students’ needs academically, socially, and emotionally and to ensure that they become lifelong learners. Highlighting topics such as adult learners, professional development, and culturally responsive education, this book is ideal for teachers, guidance counselors, researchers, academicians, and students who want to improve their understanding of learners and their social-emotional growth at various stages of learning, to find strategies that will assist in the development of any learner, and to find strategic models that promote lifelong learning.
Language: English
Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-79984-906-3
Article
Interpretation of the IB Learner Profile in Montessori Terms
Publication: NAMTA Journal, no. Supplement
Date: 2015
Pages: 193–216
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
Listening to Young Learners: Applying the Montessori Method to English as an Additional Language (EAL) Education
Available from: Lancaster University
Language acquisition, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: With the current immigration and migration trends in Europe and worldwide, English as an Additional Language (EAL) education is becoming a prominent area of educational research. The discourse around EAL and social justice education has, until now, largely focused on primary, secondary, and post compulsory aged students. Preschool aged EAL children have been left out of the academic discourse. Pedagogical approaches need to be explored to marry EAL and social justice for preschool children. Maria Montessori’s pedagogical approach may be able to achieve this unity without compromising the language development that is desired. The following study is a piece of action research, applying the Montessori Method to a group of nine EAL children in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The data gathered suggests that applying Montessori’s approach to EAL education, that of listening to the child and being attentive to hisher needs, gives autonomy to the student, and can promote social justice in preschool EAL education. Listening to the child occurs through ‘observation’ (attentiveness to the child), critical reflection of practice, and experimentation in education. In this way each child receives a customized education that has, at its foundation, respect for the child. Using ‘observation,’ field notes, and researcher reflections, it became apparent that young children are able to communicate their educational needs. TESOL outcomes were used to monitor the rate at which English was learned. Each language journey was vastly different, but regardless of the initial outcomes met, all children demonstrated increases in their comprehension and spoken English. It is important to recognize that children must be listened to and should be considered valued members in their education.
Language: English
Published: Lancaster, England, 2017
Master's Thesis (M.A.)
Montessori in the South Bronx: Considering Advantages for English Language Learners and Examining Tensions in New York City's First and Only Montessori Public School
Available from: American Montessori Society
Americas, Language acquisition, Language development, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: New York City, New York, 2016
Doctoral Dissertation
Listening to Young Learners: Applying the Montessori Method to English as an Additional Language (EAL) Education
Available from: British Library - EthOS
Language education, Montessori method of education, Second language education
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Abstract/Notes: With the current immigration and migration trends in Europe and worldwide, English as an Additional Language (EAL) education is becoming a prominent area of educational research. The discourse around EAL and social justice education has, until now, largely focused on primary, secondary, and post compulsory aged students. Preschool aged EAL children have been left out of the academic discourse. Pedagogical approaches need to be explored to marry EAL and social justice for preschool children. Maria Montessori’s pedagogical approach may be able to achieve this unity without compromising the language development that is desired. The following study is a piece of action research, applying the Montessori Method to a group of nine EAL children in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The data gathered suggests that applying Montessori’s approach to EAL education, that of listening to the child and being attentive to hisher needs, gives autonomy to the student, and can promote social justice in preschool EAL education. Listening to the child occurs through ‘observation’ (attentiveness to the child), critical reflection of practice, and experimentation in education. In this way each child receives a customized education that has, at its foundation, respect for the child. Using ‘observation,’ field notes, and researcher reflections, it became apparent that young children are able to communicate their educational needs. TESOL outcomes were used to monitor the rate at which English was learned. Each language journey was vastly different, but regardless of the initial outcomes met, all children demonstrated increases in their comprehension and spoken English. It is important to recognize that children must be listened to and should be considered valued members in their education. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/40
Language: English
Published: Lancashire, England, 2017
Article
Maria Montessori: A Learner Taught by Children
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 24, no. 1
Date: 1999
Pages: 244-264
Classroom environments, Early childhood education, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education, Montessori method of education - Teachers, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Observation (Educational method), Prepared environment, Teachers - Attitudes
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Abstract/Notes: Explains that in Maria Montessori's California presentations during 1915, she specified the difference between "her" teacher who observed, guided and learned from children and the "regular" teacher who taught what adults thought children should know. Conveys that Montessori advocated teachers be humble, patient, and learn to observe their students.
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Book Section
Montessori Language Practices Meet the Needs of All Learners: The Montessori Early Childhood Inclusive Classroom: Creating a Cherished Experience
Available from: Rowman and Littlefield
Book Title: The Inclusive Classroom: Creating a Cherished Experience through Montessori
Pages: 83-102
Children with disabilities, Classroom environments, Inclusive education, Language acquisition, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Prepared environment, Special education
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Language: English
Published: Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4758-5635-4
Report
Alternatives in Education: An Exploration of Learner-Centered, Progressive, and Holistic Education
Available from: ERIC
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Abstract/Notes: Based on a database of over 500 resources, this paper explores the educational alternatives that exist today between the cracks of mainstream education and culture. It presents information about the growing numbers of schools and education centers that call themselves learner-centered, progressive, and/or holistic. Sources of data for this summary report also include over 3 years of informal interviews with and observations of people at alternative schools. The paper begins by examining terminology issues, discussing qualities for distinguishing educational alternatives, and describing eight types of schools (democratic and free schools, folk education, Quaker schools, homeschooling/unschooling/deschooling, Krishnamurti schools, Montessori schools, open schools, and Waldorf schools). It also presents frameworks for education (maps for understanding the territories of alternatives), and it discusses the three orientations of a competency based education: transaction (progressive), self-directed (learner-centered), and transformation (holistic). After looking at political issues around school choice which could impact the growth of the various philosophical alternatives, the paper concludes that in a society where issues of pluralism and diversity are valued as part of creating a more sustainable world and just democracy, the diversity of philosophical perspectives in education needs to be acknowledged. (Contains 41 references.) (SM)
Language: English
Published: New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002