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The Importance of Spoken Language in Preventing Challenges in Reading and Writing
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 39, no. 3
Date: Summer 2014
Pages: 131–137
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Book
Teaching Preschool Language Arts
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Language: English
Published: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1982
ISBN: 0-8425-1933-5
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Comparison of the Application of Maria Montessori's Language Arts Ideas and Practices in Two Periods of Development in the United States: 1909-1921 and 1953-1963
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Americas, Language acquisition, Language development, Language education, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori's work is intimately grounded in her detailed teaching practices and the logic of their sequence, along with their underlying ideas and values, particularly in the area of language arts. There are no studies, however, which comprehensively analyze her language arts curriculum for children from three to seven as it was applied by the practitioners who fostered, interpreted, and promoted her work in America in two periods of its popularity: 1909-1921 and 1953-1963. This lack of comprehensive analysis blurs the fundamental identity and contextual coherence of Montessori's work and obscures the significant and ongoing contribution made to American education through her language arts curriculum. An analysis of Montessori's published work and those written about her was made in order to achieve a description of her language arts curriculum for the purpose of comparing her work to that of her American sponsors. To determine how Montessori's curriculum was interpreted and applied, the literature on the history of the Montessori movement was reviewed and five leaders were identified: Ann George, Alexander Graham Bell, Clara Craig, Helen Parkhurst, and Nancy McCormick Rambusch. Their writings and other primary sources were analyzed with reference to Montessori's curriculum. In some cases interviews were conducted and Montessori classrooms were observed over an extended period of time. The analysis of the activity of the leaders, within their contemporary social and educational settings revealed how Montessori's curriculum became detached from her original experimental context and was reshaped because of lack of understanding or of agreement with the sys~ tematic purpose of her educational material in the development of language arts skills, and because of varying intentions and views on how and what children should learn. The findings of the study also contribute to existing studies on the reasons for the decline of Montessori's practices by the end of the first period, and for success in the revival of her work in the second period. In addition, conclusions contribute to the unified body of knowledge needed to thoroughly identify the Montessori educational model practiced and researched by educators.
Language: English
Published: Durham, North Carolina, 1984
Article
Montessori and Language Development
Publication: National Catholic Kindergarten Review
Date: 1968
Pages: 31-37
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Language: English
Article
Language Material for Sentence Analysis
Publication: AMI Elementary Alumni Association Newsletter, vol. 28, no. 3
Date: 1996
Pages: 7, insert
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Language: English
Article
The Formation of Mind: Language, Learning and Logic in Early Childhood
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2003, no. 4
Date: 2003
Pages: 25–32
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Language and Thought
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2002, no. 2-3
Date: 2002
Pages: 3–13
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Charts: Language Chart, Prepared Paths to Culture
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1973, no. 4
Date: 1973
Pages: 10–12
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Study-Conference AMI on Music and Language July 29th-August 12th 1961
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1961, no. 1
Date: 1961
Pages: 1–4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Language Chart
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1960, no. 2
Date: 1960
Pages: 14–15
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959