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La pedagogia di Maria Montessori nello specchio dell'epistemologia della complessità [The pedagogy of Maria Montessori in the mirror of the epistemology of complexity]
Available from: Università Degli Studi Firenze
Publication: Studi sulla Formazione / Open Journal of Education, vol. 23, no. 2
Date: 2020
Pages: 139-156
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Abstract/Notes: Le rivoluzioni scientifiche dei primi decenni del Novecento misero in discussione i principi del paradigma classico della scienza e della natura. Maria Montessori comprese in profondità queste rivoluzioni, e intuì la necessità di un nuovo paradigma, capace di superare il modo di pensare per dicotomie (oggetto/soggetto, mente/corpo, organismo/ambiente, specie/ecosistema, natura/cultura, res cogitans/res extensa). Anticipò nella sua teoria e nella sua azione pedagogica e sociale i lineamenti di una epistemologia relazionale, sistemica ed evolutiva, che avrebbe poi conosciuto un pieno sviluppo a partire dagli ultimi decenni del secolo: un’epistemologia della complessità, all’interno di un orizzonte umanistico planetario. È questo l’orizzonte epistemologico e umanistico nel quale, con coraggio e immaginazione, Maria Montessori delineò la sua idea di «bambino cosmico» e di «educazione cosmica», e nel cui specchio oggi possiamo rileggere e rigenerare la sua idea. [The scientific revolutions of the early decades of the Twentieth century challenged the principles of the classical paradigm of science and nature. Maria Montessori deeply understood these revolutions, and realized the need for a new paradigm, able to overcome the thinking by dichotomies (object/subject, mind/body, organism/environment, species/ecosystem, nature/culture, res cogitans/res extensa). She anticipated in her theory and in her pedagogical and social action the features of a relational, systemic and evolutionary epistemology, which would later have developed starting from the last decades of the century: an epistemology of complexity, within a planetary humanistic horizon. This is the epistemological and humanistic horizon in which, with courage and imagination, Maria Montessori introduced her idea of a "cosmic child" and "cosmic education", and in whose mirror today we can reinterpret and regenerate her idea.]
Language: Italian
ISSN: 2036-6981
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The Child and the World: Conceptual Background to Peace Education in the Netherlands
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Bulletin of Peace Proposals, vol. 12, no. 2
Date: 1981
Pages: 179-189
Europe, Holland, Netherlands, Peace education, Western Europe
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Report on the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association Montessori Internationale Held at Noordwijkerhout, Holland, on the 27th August 1982
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1982, no. 4
Date: 1982
Pages: 26–28
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Verslag der commisie uitgezonden door burgemeester en westhouders om in London de Montessorimethode te bestudeeren [Report of the committee sent by the mayor and aldermen to study the Montessori method in London]
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Language: Dutch
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: [s.n.], 1919
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Celebrating the Universal and the Unique: The Montessori Method
Available from: InformIT
Publication: Bedrock, vol. 9, no. 3
Date: Nov 2004
Pages: 7-8
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Abstract/Notes: This article provides a brief history of the Montessori method and the ideas its founder, Dr Maria Montessori, espoused with regards to child development in the early 20th century. The centre of Dr Montessori's pedagogy embraces two seemingly paradoxical extremes: the universal characteristics of the human child, and the child as a unique, unrepeatable, respectable, and admirable individual to be unconditionally accepted as one of life's most marvellous expressions. Montessori described the two phenomena of the 'absorbent mind' and the 'sensitive periods' as being particular to children under six years of age. Current research indicating the plasticity of the young child's brain and Csikszentmihalyi's optimal experience theory corroborate her ideas many decades later. Many of Montessori's other ideas - such as multi-age classrooms and peer tutoring, a reduced emphasis on academic testing, stimulating a wider range of student interests (as in the Reggio Emilia program), focusing on intrinsic motivation and life-long learning - are now integral to current educational debates. [Author abstract, ed]
Language: English
ISSN: 1326-7566
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The Montessori Manual, in Which Dr. Montessori's Teaching and Educational Occupations Are Arranged in Practical Exercises or Lessons for the Mother or the Teacher
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Language: English
Published: London, England: Kegan and Co., 1914
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Psychologisches zur Montessori-Methode: Aus dem Montessori-Heft der Neuen Erziehung [Psychological information on the Montessori method: From the Montessori booklet of the New Education]
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Abstract/Notes: Distributed by the Deutsche Montessori-Gesellschaft with the January 1927 issue of their periodical "Montessori-Nachrichten".
Language: German
Published: Berlin, Germany: Hensel and Co. Verlag, 1927
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Isolating the Difficulty: Questions from the Field [Younger children in the class]
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 3, no. 2
Date: Oct 1992
Pages: 5
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Language: English
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The Space Between the Notes: The Effects of Background Music on Student Focus
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: Student behaviors were tallied in three similar Montessori early childhood classes while children practiced social, motor and academic skills with and without background music. Teacher impressions of work period productivity were tallied along with information from teacher notes and student self-assessments. Music came from Pandora stations such as “Relaxation Radio” or “Yoga Radio.” Music was selected for slow tempo (approximately 60 beats per minute or the rate of the adult heart) and relaxing instrumental quality, played at a soft volume and during times when students were not expected to pay attention to other auditory input such as stories, songs, lessons or announcements. Results showed that student smiles and productivity increased with background music, as did teacher and student assessments of productivity. Introducing appropriate background music can be a simple way to increase student focus. Further research will confirm if results are similar in classes of younger and older students and in traditional classrooms.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2015
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A Diamond in the Rough: The Association for the Accreditation of Montessori Teacher Education (AAMTE)
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter
Date: 1989
Pages: 8–9
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Language: English