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Article

Health-Related Physical Fitness for Children

Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 3, no. 1

Pages: 30–32

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Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

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Getting to Know Young Children: Alternative Assessments in Early Childhood Education

Available from: Springer Link

Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 51

Pages: 911-923

Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education

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Abstract/Notes: Assessments provide teachers with essential information regarding children’s learning. Alternative education systems offer insight into ways that assessments can be redesigned to be developmentally appropriate to particular ages, including unique stances on what defines assessment, who should assess, and what should be assessed. We examined themes of early childhood assessment through a review of Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Waldorf (also called Steiner). Each of these three alternative systems emphasize assessments designed to understand every child’s learning as unique. Many of the practices used align with the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) current recommendations regarding developmentally appropriate assessment. There is a clear acknowledgement that engagement, not just specific knowledge, is particularly important to assess. To assess engagement, classrooms must be carefully constructed learning environments that implement individualized assessment techniques, such as observation. As children engage in developmentally appropriate experiences, teachers assess their individual learning patterns. Specific components of each system contribute to effective and informative assessment, for example collected artifacts and documentation from children’s work (Reggio), activities and materials designed to show children when an error is made (Montessori), and participation in classic stories (Waldorf). The increased focus these systems place on assessing during interactive learning experiences answered NAEYC’s current recommendations regarding assessment as well as on-going calls in education reform for a child-centered approach to learning.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s10643-022-01353-y

ISSN: 1082-3301, 1573-1707

Article

Dom Rebënka: Metod Naucnoj Pedagogiki [Children's Home: Method of Scientific Pedagogy]

Publication: Дошкольное Воспитание / Doshkol'noye Vospitanie [Preschool Education]

Pages: 381-383

Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Western Asia

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Language: Bosnian, Russian

Book

Fresh: A Collection of Favourite Recipes from the Children of Mosgiel Montessori

Australasia, Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand, Oceania

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Language: English

Published: Dunedin, New Zealand: Wickliffe Limited, 2015

Article

You Can Help: Building the Liberty Children's Home in Belize

Publication: Infants and Toddlers, vol. 9, no. 3

Pages: 14–15

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Language: English

Article

Montessori Students Invited to Speak at the Montessori Foundation's 7th Annual International Conference: The Voices of the Children

Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 11, no. 4

Pages: 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Article

Art Expo '96: Celebrating the Creativity of Children [Maple Knoll Village retirement community, Cincinnati, Ohio]

Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 8, no. 3

Pages: 29

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Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Article

The New Children

Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale

Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)

Pages: 184

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Abstract/Notes: Letter to the Editor

Language: English

ISSN: 0040-7887

Article

Montessori Expands: Teaching of Brain Damaged Children

Publication: Science Newsletter, vol. 88

Pages: 375

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Language: English

Article

The Little Children

Available from: HathiTrust

Publication: Journal of Education and School World (London), vol. 54, no. 637

Pages: 514

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Language: English

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