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Montessori School Attempts to Free Children of Racism

Available from: UC Irvine Libraries

Publication: New University (Irvine, California), vol. 1, no. 18

Pages: 2

African American community, African Americans, Americas, Malcolm X Montessori School (Compton, California), Montessori schools, North America, United States of America

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Language: English

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Children Reciting Dante

Publication: Communications: Journal of the Association Montessori Internationale (2009-2012), vol. 2012, no. 1-2

Pages: 38-40

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Abstract/Notes: Mario Federici was a well-known Italian critic and playwright, and married to Maria Agamben—a graduate in literature, teacher and journalist. During the fascist years, the couple went abroad where Maria Agamben continued to teach at Italian cultural institutes which included Montessori schools. It was that circumstance that allowed them to see from up close the exciting initiative in Barcelona: when they saw children embrace Dante in their own manner. As Trabalzini reports in her article, Agamben wrote several articles on this phenomenon. In this instance, Federici writes with absolute delight on what he and his wife had witnessed, seeing the children perform Dante, which also gave him reason to voice his utter disapproval of the old-fashioned ways of the theatre.

Language: English

ISSN: 1877-539X

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Reflections... On Observing Children

Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 6, no. 5

Pages: 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 0889-5643

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Maria Montessori, Who Gave Children Everywhere Freedom to Achieve Independence: Remembering the Innovative Italian Educator

Publication: The Freeman, vol. 45, no. 8

Pages: 522-526

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Language: English

ISSN: 0016-0652

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The Effects of Three Different Educational Approaches on Children's Drawing Ability: Steiner, Montessori, and Traditional

Available from: Wiley Online Library

Publication: British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 70, no. 4

Pages: 485-503

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Abstract/Notes: Although there is a national curriculum for art education in the UK there are also alternative approaches in the private sector. This paper addresses the issue of the effect of these approaches on children's drawing ability. Aim. To compare the drawing ability in three drawing tasks of children in Steiner, Montessori and traditional schools. Sample. The participants were 60 school children between the ages of 5;11 and 7;2. Twenty children were tested in each type of school. Method. Each child completed three drawings: a free drawing, a scene and an observational drawing. Results. As predicted, the free and scene drawings of children in the Steiner school were rated more highly than those of children in Montessori and traditional schools. Steiner children's use of colour was also rated more highly, although they did not use more colours than the other children. Steiner children used significantly more fantasy topics in their free drawings. Further observation indicated that the Steiner children were better at using the whole page and organising their drawings into a scene; their drawings were also more detailed. Contrary to previous research Montessori children did not draw more inanimate objects and geometrical shapes or fewer people than other children. Also, contrary to the prediction, Steiner children were significantly better rather than worse than other children at observational drawing. Conclusion. The results suggest that the approach to art education in Steiner schools is conducive not only to more highly rated imaginative drawings in terms of general drawing ability and use of colour but also to more accurate and detailed observational drawings.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1348/000709900158263

ISSN: 2044-8279, 0007-0998

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Growing Up the Montessori Way [Condensed from 'Maria Montessori Children School Foundation Bulletin']

Publication: Theosophical Digest (Philippines), vol. 10, no. 1

Pages: 79-85

Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theosophical Society, Theosophy

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Language: English

ISSN: 0116-9858

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Bildnerische Entfaltung des Kindes im Kinderhaus [Visual development of the child in the children's home]

Publication: Montessori: Zeitschrift für Montessori-Pädagogik, vol. 37, no. 2-3

Pages: 107-113

Children - Physiology

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Language: German

ISSN: 0944-2537

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Nicaragua: Helping Children Since 1981

Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records

Publication: El Boletin [Consejo Interamericano Montessori], vol. 3, no. 1

Pages: 18

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Language: English

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...Making Children Sensitive to the Beauties of the World

Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2005, no. 2-3

Pages: 19

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Language: English

ISSN: 0519-0959

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Social Work in Family Life Enrichment: The Children of Alcoholics - A Montessori Approach

Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 1

Pages: 1-14

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Language: English

ISSN: 0277-9064

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