Language: Dutch

Abstract/Notes: With support from the Self Family Foundation and the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, the Riley Institute has completed a multi-year study of Montessori education in South Carolina’s public schools, the most comprehensive evaluation of public Montessori ever conducted in the United States. Between 2011 and 2016, this mixed-method study examined how Montessori impacts stakeholders in South Carolina and provided information needed to guide future investment in Montessori education. Researchers investigated the following as parts of the study: the extent to which schools implemented Montessori with fidelity; the demographic makeup of public school Montessori students; the effect of Montessori education on academic and behavioral outcomes; the impact of Montessori education on creativity, social skills, work habits, and executive function; and Montessori teachers’ perspectives on job satisfaction and the challenges of Montessori in the public sector. The study results demonstrate that students in public school Montessori classrooms across the state are faring well, as compared to similar nonMontessori public school students, when examining academic, behavioral, and affective outcomes.

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Published: Greenville, South Carolina, 2018

Language: Dutch

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Abstract/Notes: Article text: Teachers and students of the Happy Vale Montessori School took parents, family members and visitors on a journey through Barbados past and present as part of the school’s Independence showcase recently. Each class depicted a differ- ent aspect of Barbados’ journey to celebrating its 49th year of Independence with the theme ‘Barbados Through the Years’. The Nursery section (Ducklings Class) depicted ‘Transportation Through the Years’, where there were handmade models, posters and a variety of information on the different modes of transport from the railroad era, to donkey carts and the more modern means of transportation. The Reception class (Dolphins) was transformed into a cook shop with an impressive line-up of Bajan foods, drinks and sweets like stew food, cou-cou and salt- fish, pickled chicken, sweet potato pudding, ginger beer, mauby, cassava pone and other mouth-watering delights. Infants A (Pandas) was the talk of the school with their theme ‘Clothing Through the Years’. Within their classroom, there was a disco, a classroom and a church scene complete with back-in-time fashion, which all showed a timeline of Barbadian fashion. Completing the Infant school section was the Infants B class (Sparrows), whose theme was ‘Entertainment Through the Years’. They had a Crop Over corner depicting how the fes- tival started, progressed, and where it is today. There was also a music and theatre corner with lots of information on the pio- neers of those disciplines, as well as old LP records and cassette tapes and even a Rediffusion was on display. Class 1 through 4 (Blue Jays and Eagles) put their creative forces together to depict ‘Toys and Games Through the Years’. Their classrooms served as a “toy store”, as persons travelled through their make-shift time tunnel where displays were set up with handmade cane trucks, stuffed dolls, gutta perks, and board and card games that were played in the past. Principal Deborah Bourne commented, “It was a chance to reminisce on times past and marvel at how far Barbados has come. Not to mention, the children, who proudly wore their blue, yellow and black, were delighted to have a fun day and show off their projects, while partaking in conkies, fish cakes, sweets and other Bajan delicacies.”

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ISSN: 1054-0040

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ISSN: 1054-0040

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ISSN: 0889-5643

Language: German

ISSN: 0343-4613