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Article
Children's Art: A Montessori Approach
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 2
Date: 1965
Pages: 5-8
Americas, Art, Montessori method of education, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
The Influence of Preschool Teachers' Beliefs on Young Children's Conceptions of Reading and Writing
Available from: ScienceDirect
Publication: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: 1989
Pages: 61-74
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Abstract/Notes: Examines the relationship between two preschool program directors' and teachers' beliefs, instructional decisions, and preschool children's conceptions of reading and writing. Results show that preschool children's conceptions of reading and writing reflected the practices of the two programs. (Author/BB) Directors of two preschool programs were interviewed regarding their orientations toward reading and writing instruction. Ten children from each program were interviewed regarding their conceptions of reading and writing. One school was found to have a “mastery of specific skills/text-based” orientation, and the other was found to have a “holistic/reader-based” orientation. A relationship was found between preschool program's orientations toward reading and writing instruction and children's ideas about reading and writing. The relationships between preschool practices and children's conceptions are examined. Implications for the influence of preschool teacher's beliefs and instructional decisions on children's conceptions of reading and writing are discussed.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(89)90077-X
ISSN: 0885-2006, 1873-7706
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Improving Outcomes for Refugee Children: A Case Study on the Impact of Montessori Education Along the Thai-Burma Border
Available from: IEJ Online
Publication: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 3
Date: 2015
Pages: 138-149
Asia, Burma, Displaced communities, Myanmar, Refugees, Southeast Asia, Thailand
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Abstract/Notes: There are 25 million displaced children worldwide, and those receiving schooling are often educated in overcrowded classrooms. Montessori is a child-centred educational method that provides an alternative model to traditional educational approaches. In this model, students are able to direct their own learning and develop at their own pace, working with materials rather than in supervised groups or with direct teacher instruction. Because most children are working alone, teachers have more time to work one-on- one with children even when student-teacher ratios are quite large. This gives teachers increased opportunity to tailor their teaching to the specific needs and strengths of each student. We conducted an evaluation of Montessori classroom conversion for displaced students on the Thai-Myanmar border. We administered the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to 66 children before and after classroom conversion and across treatment and control classroom conditions. We then conducted difference in difference testing. All domains showed meaningful improvements in ASQ scores, with the Montessori students gaining 18 points relative to the traditional students (p = 0.33). However, only the personal-social domain of the ASQ was statistically significant (8.8 point gain for the Montessori students relative to the control, p < 0.05) in our underpowered sample.
Language: English
ISSN: 1443-1475, 2202-493X
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Dom Rebënka: Metod Naucnoj Pedagogiki [Children's Home: Method of Scientific Pedagogy]
Publication: Дошкольное Воспитание / Doshkol'noye Vospitanie [Preschool Education]
Date: 1913
Pages: 381-383
Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Western Asia
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Language: Bosnian, Russian
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10 More Things (of 101) Parents Can Do to Help Children
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 33
Date: Mar 2004
Pages: 6
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Abstract/Notes: 11-20
Language: English
Article
Kids Korner [poems by children]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 21, no. 3
Date: 1997
Pages: 6–7
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Language: English
Article
Out of Africa [Waterfalls SOS Children's Village, Harare, Zimbabwe]
Publication: Montessori Courier, vol. 1, no. 6
Date: Feb 1990
Pages: 12–13
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Language: English
ISSN: 0959-4108
Article
Language Flowering, Language Empowering: 20 Ways Parents and Teachers Can Assist Young Children
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 13, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 31–35
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
On the Edge Between Digital and Physical: Materials to Enhance Creativity in Children. An Application to Atypical Development
Available from: Frontiers in Psychology
Publication: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11
Date: 2020
Pages: Article 755
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Abstract/Notes: The 4 P’s creativity model (person, process, press, and product) underlines how creativity is strongly connected with the materials employed to conceive and realize a creative outcome. As a multiform construct, it invites a wide variety of approaches to the study of it. One of the most promising ways to address this issue is to connect it with cognitive development and related educational pathways, as creativity can be enhanced and stimulated in every child, leading to an improvement both at personal and societal level. Even if creativity is recognized and highly valued, there is still a lack of methods which can stimulate creativity in an effective way. Useful hints may come from the outstanding contributions of Piaget and Montessori who underlined that interaction with the physical world is a fundamental building block for cognitive development. In this paper, starting from these fixed points, we describe some creativity enhancing methods for children which give importance to the edge between digital and physical materials. Digital materials open new ways to the use and integration of physical materials with hybrid platforms which can be used in educational contexts. Together with this perspective we provide a description of the application of these methodologies to enhance creativity in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-1078
Book
Montessori Method of Teaching Hearing Children
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Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C.: American Association to promote the teaching of speech to the deaf, 1912