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Bachelor's Thesis
Lasten ja Aikuisten Yhteisö: Lasten osallisuuden toteutuminen ja vertaaminen tavallisen päiväkotiryhmän ja montessoripedagogiikkaa toteuttavan päiväkotiryhmän kesken [Community of Children and Adults: Realization of children's participation and comparison between a regular daycare group and a daycare group that implements Montessori pedagogy]
Available from: Theseus (Finland)
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Abstract/Notes: The aim of this bachelor´s thesis is to investigate the way in which participatory pedagogy is used in two different early education groups. The aim is also to find out how the two groups differ in terms of the participation of children, as one was an average Finnish early education group, while the other was a group, which used Montessori pedagogy. The thesis also introduces an idea of a joint community of adults and children and how participatory pedagogy enhances the experience of community. The purpose of the thesis is to add understanding and encourage the use of participatory pedagogy in the day-to-day life of early education groups. The theoretical section discusses the notion of participatory pedagogy and how it is used from the point of view of the basic functions of an early education group. The central ideas behind Montessori pedagogy are also discussed. The thesis is qualitative, as the data was collected by observing two different early education groups for a week in May 2016. The results of the bachelor´s thesis show that participation has become an increasingly important factor in early education and that it is used in different ways. It was also evident that the individuality of children is valued and that participation is seen important in the daily life of the early education groups studied. Both the early education groups studied value the importance of communication between parents and teachers. Adults play an important role in the implementation of participation and they need to collect information about the children and apply it. It is also necessary for the adults to be able to develop the basic ways of using participation in the daily life of an early education group. / Tässä tutkimuksessa on tutkittu lasten osallisuuden toteutumista tavallisessa päiväkotiryhmässä ja montessoripedagogiikkaa toteuttavassa päiväkotiryhmässä. Lisäksi haluttiin selvittää millaisia eroja osallisuudesta löytyy kahden erilaisen päiväkotiryhmän välillä. Tutkimuksessa on myös tuotu esiin ajatusta yhteisestä lasten ja aikuisten yhteisöstä, siitä miten osallisuus vahvistaa yhteisöllisyyden kokemusta. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on lisätä ymmärrystä lasten osallisuudesta päiväkodin arjessa ja innostaa toteuttamaan sitä. Teoreettisessa viitekehyksessä avataan osallisuuden käsitettä ja käsitellään osallisuutta päiväkodin arjen perustoimintojen näkökulmasta. Lisäksi esitellään montessoripedagogiikan perusajatusta. Tutkimus on kvalitatiivinen ja sen aineisto kerättiin havainnoimalla kahta päiväkotiryhmää viikon ajan toukokuussa 2016. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että päiväkodeissa osallisuus on noussut erittäin merkittäväksi tekijäksi ja käytössä on erilaisia lasten osallisuutta vahvistavia toiminta-tapoja. Lisäksi päiväkodeissa näkyi, että lasten yksilöllisyyttä vaalitaan. Osallisuus on nähty tärkeäksi jokapäiväisessä arjessa. Montessoripedagogiikkaa toteuttavassa päiväkotiryhmässä työskentelee aikuisia, jotka kunnioittavat pedagogiikkaa ja toiminta lähtee lapsesta. Molempien päiväkotien näkemykset kasvatuskumppanuudesta ovat samankaltaiset. Aikuisilla on merkittävä rooli lasten osallisuuden toteutumisessa, heidän tulee kerätä lapsista tietoa ja osata hyödyntää tätä, lisäksi aikuisilta vaaditaan taitoa osata kehittää osallisuutta vahvistavia toimintatapoja päiväkodin arkeen.
Language: Finnish
Published: Vaasa, Finland, 2016
Article
Making Sense of Research on Childcare: Consequences for Children's Development
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 3, no. 4
Date: 1991
Pages: 32–38
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
A Journey into the Future for All Children
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 48
Date: Dec 2007
Pages: 1
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Abstract/Notes: summary of two lectures by Phillis Wallbank
Language: English
Article
Kids Korner [poems by children]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 20, no. 4
Date: 1996
Pages: 6–7
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Language: English
Article
The Myth of the Lost Gardens of Children
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 20, no. 4
Date: Summer 2008
Pages: 6
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Children Reciting Dante
Publication: Communications: Journal of the Association Montessori Internationale (2009-2012), vol. 2012, no. 1-2
Date: 2012
Pages: 38-40
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Abstract/Notes: Mario Federici was a well-known Italian critic and playwright, and married to Maria Agamben—a graduate in literature, teacher and journalist. During the fascist years, the couple went abroad where Maria Agamben continued to teach at Italian cultural institutes which included Montessori schools. It was that circumstance that allowed them to see from up close the exciting initiative in Barcelona: when they saw children embrace Dante in their own manner. As Trabalzini reports in her article, Agamben wrote several articles on this phenomenon. In this instance, Federici writes with absolute delight on what he and his wife had witnessed, seeing the children perform Dante, which also gave him reason to voice his utter disapproval of the old-fashioned ways of the theatre.
Language: English
ISSN: 1877-539X
Article
Kindergarten and Beyond – or Why My Children Spent Ten Years in Montessori When All I Thought I Wanted Was a Preschool!!!!
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: 2002
Pages: 12–14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Master's Thesis
The Impact of Direct Integration of Social Emotional Lessons with Montessori Upper Elementary Children
Available from: St. Catherine University
Action research, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: This action research study aimed to analyze the impact of direct social-emotional lessons on students' emotional intelligence in a Montessori upper elementary classroom. This study explored the impact of combining social-emotional vocabulary with social-emotional learning (SEL) skill development. The study used quantitative and qualitative data, including pre- and post-assessments, follow-up work, observation logs, and SEL elements added to the students’ weekly work plans. SEL curriculum materials and follow-up work were created for this study following the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework and their SAFE acronym: sequenced, active, focused, and explicit. The data showed that teaching SEL vocabulary and the five competencies’ qualities positively impacted student understanding and SEL skill development. Based on these results, Montessori teachers could positively impact students' emotional intelligence, normalization in the classroom, and overall student well-being by integrating SEL lessons into the cosmic curriculum.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2023
Book Section
The Children's House for Children Ages 3-6
Book Title: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education
Pages: 137-145
Children's House (Casa dei Bambini), Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, Primary education
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Abstract/Notes: The chapter presents background on Maria Montessori’s pedagogy for preschool-aged children (3-6) and clarifies how the pedagogy in the Casa dei Bambini, or the Children’s House, is to be implemented. Descriptions of the preschool classroom are provided, including how the environment is organized, the function of different materials (such as Practical Life and Sensorial), the role of the teacher, and how the exercises are to be carried out. The concepts of sensitive periods and the absorbent mind are also introduced as foundational concepts of Montessori education.
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
Article
Children Whose Needs Are Beyond the Scope of the Classroom
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 4, no. 4
Date: Dec 1993
Pages: 1–4
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Language: English