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Article
Early Literacy in the Montessori Toddler Setting: Supporting Learning through the Sensitive Periods
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 21, no. 2
Date: Jan 2013
Pages: 16–18
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Abstract/Notes: includes photo
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Book Section
Periods of Development
Book Title: What You Should Know About Your Child
Pages: 14-16
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2007
ISBN: 978-90-79506-24-8
Series: Montessori Series , 4
Article
Montessori Explained: Sensitive Periods
Publication: Montessori Courier, vol. 3, no. 4
Date: Oct 1991
Pages: 27
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Language: English
ISSN: 0959-4108
Doctoral Dissertation
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, Classroom environments, Montessori materials, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Teachers, Montessori schools, 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 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 systematic 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
Doctoral Dissertation
Universal Interest Levels in Early Childhood: Montessori’s Theory of Sensitive Periods
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: Although a little dated in terms of related research, Haines, dissertation provides a thorough introduction to the topic as well as substantially confirming the accuracy of the ages assigned to each period by Maria Montessori.
Language: English
Published: Edwardsville, Illinois, 1997
Article
Study of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Periods
Publication: AMI Elementary Alumni Association Newsletter, vol. 10, no. 2
Date: Jan 1983
Pages: insert
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Language: English
Article
Sensitive Periods
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1995, no. 2/3
Date: 1995
Pages: 38–46
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Early literacy in the Montessori toddler setting: Supporting learning through the sensitive periods
Publication: Montessori Leadership, vol. 15, no. 2
Date: 2013
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Language: English
Article
Assessment: The Teaching-Learning Cycle: 3 Periods in the Elementary School
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 3, no. 3
Date: 1991
Pages: 36–37
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Book
Culture as a Means for Development in the Formative Periods: Fourth Lecture at The Montessori Congress, Edinburgh, 1938
Available from: Montessori Norge
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (7th, Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 July - 2 August 1938), Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: AMI Journal: Archival Treasure Publication, 2016