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Doctoral Dissertation
Where Have All the Children Gone? A Case Study of Three American Preschools
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: In sociological investigation, Weber (1968) believes that concrete historical events can be interpreted in terms of social action. These patterns of action differ from historical accounts, which explore the importance of causal explanation of individual events. Entwistle and Alexander (1993) contend that sociologists of education have paid little attention to patterns of class interaction and inequality in preschools. Adding to Hartley's (1993) work on nursery schools in Scotland, and using an organizational model with a sociohistorical standpoint, this ethnographic case study helps to bridge that gap by concentrating on the historical and ecological contexts of (1) a Laboratory school; (2) a Montessori school; and, (3) a Head Start center. The central problem of the study seeks an answer to the question "If inequalities in preschools exist, what do they look like?" This study assumes that historically educational systems have exerted a form of social control over children in order to transmit cultural values. Part I of the study examines ancient and modern societies, their cultures and their philosophical grounding to reveal the values and trends that contribute to social change in the early education of children. Part II adds a triangulation strategy to explore the ecology (environment and culture) of the three schools in the study. These strategies include archival content analysis of the preschool organizations, nonparticipant observation of the classrooms (Bell, 1993), intensive interviewing of the staff and administration members and a brief survey of the preschool parents. This study draws from the sociology of Weber's "ideal bureaucracy," Berger's "bureaucratic cognitive style," Elias' "civilizing process," Bernstein's "visible and invisible" pedagogy, Bourdieu's "cultural capital" and Anyon's "biased ideological messages." In this exploratory study, the data analysis uses a descriptive methodology, not to draw conclusions, but similar to Glaser and Strauss' "grounded theory" to introduce questions to be explored further by researchers. A final section on policy recommendations is included.
Language: English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts, 2000
Doctoral Dissertation
Innovation Diffusion as Manifested in Two Eras of Montessori Education in America
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Americas, Montessori method of education, Montessori movement, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: Commerce, Texas, 1977
Doctoral Dissertation
American Writings on Maria Montessori: An Inquiry into Changes in the Reception and Interpretations Given to Writings on Maria Montessori and Montessori Educational Ideas 1910-1915 and 1958-1970
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this dissertation will be to survey and analyze American writings on Maria Montessori and her educational system, in order to show how the idea of Montessori education has interacted with some changing American ideas and social forces. These changes in social and intellectual currents can be likened to a shift from centrifugal to centripetal force; or to the expansion and then the contraction of a universe. The central metaphor is the same. It is applicable to, and illustrative of, much about the changing social and educational scene in America. The writings on Montessori, examined against this framework, should provide a new view on certain changes in American educational thinking.
Language: English
Published: Kent, Ohio, 1973
Doctoral Dissertation
The Montessori Elementary Curriculum Content and the Corresponding American Curriculum: A Cross-Cultural Study
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Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C., 1958
Doctoral Dissertation
The Montessori Method in America: Montessori Schools in New York and Rhode Island from 1910-1940
Available from: Loyola University Chicago
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Abstract/Notes: During the very early twentieth century, Dr. Maria Montessori produced a pedagogical approach that permitted the developmental delayed, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and the youngest of children to advance their cognition and adaptive skills to conventional standards. Her renowned "Montessori Method" was unleashed in 1906 in her home country of Italy and found its way to the shore of the United States soon after. This research will compare the implementation of the Montessori Method in two states, Rhode Island and New York. Both states invested time and money into the instructional ideals of Dr. Montessori in response to the advice of educators and, as is frequently overlooked in the scholarly literature, at the request of parents and community organizations. This study will focus on policy implementation: the how and the who, and on the overall growth and decline of Montessori programs, concentrating on the role parents played.
Language: English
Published: Chicago, Illinois, 2011
Article
Montessori in America
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: 1960
Pages: 1-2
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
The American Montessori Picture - Some Reconsiderations
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: 1963
Pages: 1-3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
Comes to America; Mme. Montessori Will Introduce Child Teaching System in California
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Publication: Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
Date: Apr 20, 1915
Pages: 2
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "New York, April 20 - Mme. Maria Montessori, originator of the famous system of child teaching, arrived from Italy today on the Duca Degli Abruzzi. She will remain [in] American four months, having been engage to teach in California by the state board of education. She was met by the Misses Grace Parsons of Brooklyn, Clara Craig of Providence [Rhode Island], Anne E. George of Washington [D.C.], and Adelia Pyle of New York. Mrs. Catalina Catasus, wife of the former Mexican minister to the United States under Diaz, and her family were also passengers."
Language: English
Article
Montessori in America: Through the Delineator is Presented the First List of Montessori Certified Teachers
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Delineator, vol. 83, no. 6
Date: Dec 1913
Pages: 51
Americas, North America, Trainings, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Includes a list of individuals who attended and graduated from the First International Montessori Training Course.
Language: English
Article
American and International Montessori Specialists Staff 6-9 Training Program
Publication: Midwest Montessori Newsletter, vol. 9, no. 3
Date: 1974
Pages: 4
Americas, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, United States of America
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Language: English