Abstract/Notes: In recent years, educators and workforce experts have been seeing a consensus that the new generation needs the improved skills of the 21st century. Without these skills, it is thought that the new generation cannot successfully participate in the global economy and cannot be prepared enough for the university and business life. In this study, the effectiveness of Montessori Education Approach was evaluated in the acquisition of 21st century skills. An early childhood model proposal was developed by identifying the aspects of this education method, which began a century ago and continued to be developed until 1952, and which is still valid today, are similar to 21st century skills. The 21st century skills that the P21 platform categorized and divided into themes were based on. Matching expressions of 21st century skills and principles in Montessori education were examined. The findings obtained revealed a total of 963 matching expressions of the 21st century skills and the Montesoori education approach. The fact that the Montessori method, which cannot be widely used in our country due to its financial dimension, can be placed in the National Education pre-school education program, may be the correct model, and other modern education methods (Experiential education), High-Scope Regio-Emillia Sweden Program (Whariki) are evaluated and our education system It has been suggested that the most appropriate pre-school education model should be prepared urgently. / Son yıllarda eğitimciler ve iş gücü uzmanları yeni neslin 21.yüzyılın geliştirilmiş becerilerine ihtiyaç duydukları konusunda görüş birliği içinde olduklarını görmekteyiz. Bu beceriler olmadan, yeni neslin küresel ekonomiye başarıyla katılamayacağı, üniversite ve iş hayatı için yeterince hazırlıklı olamayacağı düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada 21. yüzyıl becerilerinin kazanılmasında Montessori Eğitim Yaklaşımının etkinliği değerlendirilmiştir. Yüzyıl önce başlayıp 1952 lere kadar geliştirilmeye devam edilen ve günümüzde halen geçerliliğini koruyan bu eğitim yönteminin 21 yüzyıl becerileri ile benzeşen yönleri tespit edilerek bir erken çocukluk modeli önerisi geliştirilmiştir. Çalışmada P21 platformunun kategorilendirip temalara ayırdığı 21.yüzyıl becerileri esas alınmıştır. 21.Yy becerileri ve Montessori eğitimindeki esasların eşleşen ifadeleri incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular 21 yüzyıl becerileri ile Montessori eğitim yaklaşımının toplam 963 sayıda eşleşen ifadesini ortaya koymuştur. Ülkemizde mali boyutu nedeni ile kullanılması yaygınlaşamayan Montessori yönteminin Türk Milli Eğitim Okul Öncesi Eğitim Programının içine yerleştirilmesinin doğru bir model olabileceği ve diğer modern eğitim yöntemlerinin de (Deneyimsel eğitim (experimential education),High-Scope Regio-Emillia İsveç Programı (Whariki) değerlendirilip eğitim sistemimiz için en uygun okul öncesi eğitim modelinin acilen hazırlanmasının gerekliliği önerisinde bulunulmuştur.

Language: Turkish

ISSN: 2602-3938

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2010.514522

ISSN: 1040-9289, 1556-6935

Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02826.x

ISSN: 0009-3920, 1467-8624

Abstract/Notes: Okul öncesi dönemde geliştirilmesi gereken en önemli becerilerden biri bilimsel süreç becerileridir. Montessori yaklaşımı çocukların tüm gelişim alanlarını destekler ve temel bilişsel süreç becerilerine katkıda bulunur. Bu çalışmada okul öncesi eğitimine devam eden 48-72 aylık çocukların bilimsel süreç becerilerinin Montessori eğitim programı sürecinde incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma grubunu bir ilin merkezinde yer alan bir devlet anaokulunun Montessori sınıfında öğrenim gören 14 çocuk ve Montessori anaokulunda bulunan 4 Montessori sınıfında öğrenim gören 46 çocuk olmak üzere 60 çocuk oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak Aydoğdu ve Karakuş (2017) tarafından geliştirilen, geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik çalışmaları yapılmış olan " Okulöncesi Öğrencilerine Yönelik Temel Beceri Ölçeği (OÖYTBÖ)" kullanılmıştır. Bu ölçekte; gözlem, sınıflama, çıkarım yapma, ölçme ve tahmin becerilerine yönelik 20 soru yer almaktadır. Çocukların ön uygulama ve son uygulama puan ortalamaları arasında; sınıflama, ölçme, gözlem, çıkarım ve tahmin becerilerinde son uygulama lehine anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilmiştir.Bu bulgu çocukların bilimsel süreç becerilerinde Montessori okulunda aldıkları eğitim sonrasında eğitim öncesine kıyasla önemli bir gelişim olduğunu göstermektedir. Cinsiyet değişkenine bakıldığında ölçeğin tüm boyutlarında, kız ve erkek öğrencilerin ön uygulama ve son uygulama puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı farklılık olmadığı belirlenmiştir. / The Montessori method supports all areas of development of children and contributes to basic cognitive process skills. In this context, one of the important skills can be considered as scientific process skills. In this study, it is aimed to examine the scientific process skills of preschool children (48-72 months) during a Montessori education program. This study was conducted as a longitudinal research design. The study group consisted of 60 children aged 4-6 years, living in a province center. The study group consisted of 14 children from a Montessori class of a public kindergarten and 46 children from 4 Montessori classes in a Montessori kindergarten. Basic Skills Scale for Preschool Students (BSSPS), which was developed by Aydoğdu and Karakuş (2017), was used as data collection tool. This scale includes questions about observation (four questions), classification (four questions), inference (four questions), measurement (four questions) and prediction (four questions) skills (20 questions in total). The reliability coefficient (KR- 20) of the 20-item scale was .74. The average difficulty of the scale was .69. The substance discrimination index of each question ranged from .23 to .56. In the analysis of the data, dependent samples t-test and two-factor ANOVA test were used. As a result of the study, significant differences were found between the pre- and post-application mean scores of the participants, in favor of the post-application according to classification, measurement, observation, inference and prediction skills. According to the two-factor ANOVA test, which was used to test whether the changes observed between the pre- and post-application scores of female and male participants are significant, the scientific process skills scores of male and female students do not differ significantly after the education process.

Language: Turkish

ISSN: 2147-1606

Abstract/Notes: The relationship between time in Montessori and Traditional Preschool programs and the preschool child's develoment of [1] personal skills, [2] relationship with teachers, [3] peer relations, [4] behavioral control, and [5] cognitive skills with age controlled was used to compare the relative effectiveness of the programs. This design was necessary since it is likely that parents who select the Montessori program for their child are different from parents selecting traditional preschool programs for their children. Three Montessori programs [n = 108] and three traditional programs [n = 116] provided the subjects for the study. The Pre Kindergarten Scale [PKS], a multiple choice behavioral rating scale was completed by the programs’ teachers on each child. The results revealed that the only variable significant in predicting time in program for the traditional program, relationship with teacher, was the only variable insignificant in predicting length of time in program for the Montessori program. The strongest relationship was for length of time in the Montessori program and relationship with peers [18 percent of variance] with age controlled.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/0300443910720111

ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275

Abstract/Notes: This study aimed to examine the effects of Montessori Education on children’s self-regulation skills in the preschool period. The study had a 2 × 2 mixed design, wherein the dependent variable was self-regulation levels of 3, 4, 5-year-old children (experimental group: 62, control group: 53) and the independent variable was education based on the Montessori Method whose influence on children’s self-regulation skills was examined. The study employed the Demographic Information Form, the Preschool Self-Regulation Assessment (PSRA). The study results yielded a significant difference in posttest mean scores for Self-Regulation and Attention/Impulse Control between experimental and control group children, while there was no significant difference in Positive Emotion. There was a significant difference for Self-Regulation and Attention/Impulse Control between the pretest and posttest mean scores of experimental group children, whereas the analyses indicated no significant difference between pretest and posttest mean scores of control group children for Self-Regulation, Attention/Impulse Control and Positive Emotion.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2021.1928107

ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275

Abstract/Notes: In this research, it is aimed to examine the effects of Montessori education on the mentally retarded individuals in the special education who have had Montessori education and who have not had it. 24 trainable mentally disabled male students who had and did not have Montessori education in a private school in Kayseri participated in the study. The students were between the ages of 20-22. 12 voluntary participants constituted the experimental group who had Montessori education. The control group included 12 voluntary mentally disabled individuals. While the control group had a routine training for 8 weeks, the experimental group had Montessori education program for 8 weeks. In addition, mothers of the students in the experimental group were included in the training program. The mentally disabled individuals had movement and visual perception skills tests.When the results of the movement perception skills in the experimental and control groups were reviewed, no significant differences were found in the movement skill variables according to the values (p>0.05). While the pretest posttest values in the mentally retarded individuals in the experimental group revealed significant difference (p<0,05), no difference occurred only in the left foot balance test (p>0,05). All pretest posttest values depending on the movement revealed significant difference in the control group (p<0,05).As a result, when the effect of the Montessori program on the movement skills of trainable mentally retarded people was examined, no significant difference was found between the values of the control group, and Montessori education gave similar values as the classical education. Thus, it was concluded that it was advisable Montessori education program to be used widely. When its effect on the visual perception skills was examined, it could be stated that the posttest averages of the each visual perception sub-scale average revealed an increase except the shape-ground connection. Consequently, when the movement skills of the trainable mentally retarded individuals were reviewed, no difference was found in the control group values, and Montessori education values were similar to classical education. Therefore, it is concluded that Montessori education program should be used widely.

Language: English

DOI: 10.11114/jets.v7i2.3875

ISSN: 2324-8068

Abstract/Notes: Studies have shown scholastic, creative, and social benefits of Montessori education, benefits that were hypothesized to result from better executive functioning on the part of those so educated. As these previous studies have not reported consistent outcomes supporting this idea, we therefore evaluated scholastic development in a cross-sectional study of kindergarten and elementary school-age students, with an emphasis on the three core executive measures of cognitive flexibility, working memory update, and selective attention (inhibition). Two hundred and one (201) children underwent a complete assessment: half of the participants were from Montessori settings, while the other half were controls from traditional schools. The results confirmed that Montessori participants outperformed peers from traditional schools both in academic outcomes and in creativity skills across age groups and in self-reported well-being at school at kindergarten age. No differences were found in global executive functions, except working memory. Moreover, a multiple mediations model revealed a significant impact of creative skills on academic outcomes influenced by the school experience. These results shed light on the possibly overestimated contribution of executive functions as the main contributor to scholastic success of Montessori students and call for further investigation. Here, we propose that Montessori school-age children benefit instead from a more balanced development stemming from self-directed creative execution.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225319

ISSN: 1932-6203

Abstract/Notes: The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between the visual perception and drawing skills of children in the Montessori preschools. In this regard relational secreening model was used. The study group was composed of 83 children in Montessori preschools located in Ankara province. The data of research was collected by using the Bender Gestalt Visual motor Perception Test developed by Bender (1983) and Goodenough-Harris Draw-aPerson Test developed by Goodenough and revised by Harris (1963). It was detected that as the visual perceptions of children increased, the drawing skills also increased. / Montessori eğitim kurumlarındaki okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının görsel algı ve çizim becerileri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlayan bu çalışmada ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubunu Ankara’da bulunan Montessori eğitim kurumlarına devam eden 83 okul öncesi dönem çocuğu oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen ve çocukların sosyo-demografik bilgilerini sorgulayan bilgi formu, Bender (1938) tarafından geliştirilen ve Türkçe’ye uyarlaması Yalın (1980) ve Somer (1988) tarafından yapılan “Bender-Gestalt Görsel Algı Testi” ve Goodenough (1926) tarafından geliştirilip Harris (1963) tarafından yeniden düzenlenen “Goodenough-Harris Adam Çizme Testi” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda çocukların görsel algı ve çizim becerileri arasında pozitif yönlü düşük düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişinin var olduğu görülmüştür.

Language: Turkish

ISSN: 2147-9844

Abstract/Notes: Language development in early childhood is crucial, particularly when it comes to literacy skills, which is why suitable teaching methods have to be employed during this stage. Unfortunately, current language instruction approaches in primary schools, especially for teaching English, are often criticized for being inadequate and lacking depth in addressing the interests and requirements of learners. In 1907, however, Dr. Montessori introduced a method recognized for its focus on pivotal developmental stages and personalized instruction tailored to meet the specific needs of each learner. The current study aims to investigate the extent to which the Montessori method is effective in teaching and learning early literacy skills related to CVC words as an alternative to traditional methods used in Algerian primary schools. To achieve this aim, a quantitative approach is adopted and a quasi-experimental research method is conducted in Polyglossia School ⎯El Hammamet⎯ and Excellence Academy ⎯Tebessa⎯ on two groups (experimental and control group) of 15 participants. Both groups underwent the same pretest and posttest about the target aspect related to literacy skills in question. It is assumed that the Montessori method would enhance the learner’s performance in literacy skills, no matter how old they are (3,4, or 5 years old) compared to the traditional method; and the findings proved this to be true as they indicate a significant development of literacy skills related to CVC words among the participants in the experimental group, with an effect size of 90%. This is attributed to the implementation of the Montessori method, using sensorial materials. Results attributed to the traditional method indicate a lesser improvement (40%). Based on a comprehensive analysis of the outcomes, it is recommended that the Montessori method be adopted totally or partially in language classes, as it has proven to be advantageous for teaching early literacy skills.

Language: English

Published: Tébessa, Algeria, 2023