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Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effect of Creativity in Nature
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this research was to determine the effects on children’s creativity by using natural materials. Children are sometimes lacking in creativity when performing a teacher directed art lesson or step by step crafts. This research, was instigated to observe how using natural materials will affect children’s creativity. In order to determine the effects that nature materials in a preschool classroom have on a student’s creativity, the children were provided with nature materials to use and few instructions to create their own artwork. Data was collected from five sources to measure preschooler’s creativity using nature materials. The data included artifacts such as children’s work samples, observational data such as photographs, checklist, and tally sheets, and inquiry data by a short interview about their artwork. The findings suggested that nature does help with children’s creativity and children are able to express their creativity using the materials.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2016
Article
Know Your Senses, Know Yourself: Connecting the Self and Nature
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 28, no. 3
Date: Fall 2016
Pages: 46-49
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Abstract/Notes: To glide effortlessly across any body of water, regardless of conditions, the sailor studies the movement, speed, and directional changes of the wind. After much practice, the connection to the wind becomes a part of the sailor's environment; it becomes second nature. A child sailing by himself or with a crew of peers in a large lake is just one example of children learning to connect with their environment through risk taking.
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effects of Loose Parts and Nature-Based Play on Creativity in the Montessori Early Childhood (3-6 year old) Classroom
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this research was to determine if the addition of natural loose parts, or manipulatives, to the outdoor play yard would increase creativity in the classroom. This study took place in a private Montessori school with 14 children ages 3 to 6 years old over a five-week period. Various methods were used to gather information to determine any change in creativity. Observations of creative behaviors, concentration (state of flow), and spontaneous collaboration were collected as well as drawing tests for creative thinking, and samples of creative writing and artwork. The results of the study found that the loose parts did not increase creativity in the classroom. However, the addition of the loose parts did correlate with an increase in collaboration, imaginative play and a possible increase in concentration. Suggestions for further research include extending the amount of time the study took place, and focusing on one age rather than a mixed aged grouping.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2016
Article
The Child's Tie to Nature
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 5, no. 3
Date: 1993
Pages: 6
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
The Indirect Method; Nature's Way
Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale
Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)
Date: May 2, 1925
Pages: 180
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Language: English
ISSN: 0040-7887
Article
How Nature Helps Children Develop
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 9, no. 2
Date: 1997
Pages: 41–43
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
The Real Explorers of Nature [2]
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 6
Date: 1961
Pages: 33-41
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
Article
The Educator and Nature, Society and Autonomy
Publication: Family Perspectives, vol. 15
Date: 1981
Pages: 45-53
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Language: English
Article
The Social Nature of New Education: An Affiliation Network Analysis of the Movement’s Evolution, 1875–1935
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, vol. 59, no. 1
Date: 2023
Pages: 36-54
Montessori method of education - History, New Education Movement
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Abstract/Notes: The New Education movement was a remarkable coalition of national reform movements that emerged at the turn of the twentieth century. As a heterogeneous movement that was united only in its opposition to the schooling system at the time, its structure and boundaries in the UK have remained a matter of academic debate. This article implements the previously proposed idea of treating New Education as a social movement and analysing the networks between reformers. A social network analysis of the central 58 reformers suggests that the movement was initially divided into two ideologically separate subgroups, but that from ca. 1905 onwards the reformers were strongly interconnected despite their different interests. Thus, by focusing on the social structure of the movement’s core rather than its educational thought, the article challenges the assumption that the New Education movement was fragmented and characterised by tensions. It also furthers the discussion on the feasibility of social network analysis for studying educational reforms.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/00309230.2022.2095874
ISSN: 0030-9230, 1477-674X
Article
Midjikana shizen to chiteki hattatsu / 身近な自然と知的発達 [Familiar Nature and Intellectual Development]
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 33
Date: 2001
Pages: 112-117
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Abstract/Notes: This is an article from Montessori Education, a Japanese language periodical published by the Japan Association Montessori.
Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220