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Article
An Address to Bengali Mothers on the Montessori Method of Education
Available from: Internet Archive
Publication: Dacca Review, vol. 4, no. 3
Date: Jun 1914
Pages: 79-87
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Abstract/Notes: An address delivered to a gathering of Zenana ladies at Decca.
Language: English
Book Section
Grundlinien meiner Erziehungsmethode [Basics of my educational method]
Book Title: Kinder Sind Anders: Maria Montessoris Bild Vom Kinde Auf Dem Prüfstand [Children Are Different: Maria Montessori's Picture of the Child on the Test Bench]
Pages: 13-17
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Language: German
Published: Würzburg, Germany: Ergon, 1996
ISBN: 3-928034-90-1
Article
Maria Montessori - Selbsttätige Erziehung im Frühen Kindesalter [Maria Montessori - Independent Education in Early Childhood] (Book Review)
Available from: Bibliothek für Bildungsgeschichtliche Forschung des DIPF (BBF)
Publication: Pharus, vol. 5 (Halbjahrband 1), no. 6
Date: 1914
Pages: 570
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Language: German
Article
The Montessori Method and the Education of the Blind
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 3
Date: 1958
Pages: 66-69
Asia, Blind, Children with disabilities, India, People with disabilities, South Asia
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
Article
Educational Movements and Methods III: Montessori System
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Journal of Education and School World (London), vol. 55, no. 644
Date: Mar 1923
Pages: 155-157
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Language: English
Article
Montessori Education: A Review of the Evidence Base
Available from: npj Science of Learning
Publication: npj Science of Learning, vol. 2
Date: Oct 2017
Pages: Article 11
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Abstract/Notes: The Montessori educational method has existed for over 100 years, but evaluations of its effectiveness are scarce. This review paper has three aims, namely to (1) identify some key elements of the method, (2) review existing evaluations of Montessori education, and (3) review studies that do not explicitly evaluate Montessori education but which evaluate the key elements identified in (1). The goal of the paper is therefore to provide a review of the evidence base for Montessori education, with the dual aspirations of stimulating future research and helping teachers to better understand whether and why Montessori education might be effective.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/s41539-017-0012-7
ISSN: 2056-7936
Book Section
Montessori Education in Puerto Rico
Book Title: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education
Pages: 405-410
Americas, Caribbean, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - History, Puerto Rico
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Abstract/Notes: While Montessori has flourished in small private schools in Puerto Rico since the 1950s, in 1994, the island’s first public school implemented the pedagogy as a vehicle of social transformation to provide high-quality, student-centered education in which teachers, parents, and community leaders play central roles. The success of Juan Ponce de León school ignited a thirty-year-long public Montessori movement which established Montessori programs in 45 public schools (5% of Puerto Rico’s total), created a local training center, and institutionalized a Montessori Secretariat within the Department of Education. This public movement’s achievements in transforming traditionally marginalized communities through education have influenced debates on public education, democratization, and social justice in Puerto Rico and abroad.
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
Student Adjustment to Higher Education: The Role of Alternative Educational Pathways in Coping with the Demands of Student Life
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Higher Education, vol. 59, no. 3
Date: 2010
Pages: 353-366
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Abstract/Notes: The present longitudinal study measured student adjustment to higher education, comparing 50 participants from alternative schools (Steiner, Montessori, New Schools) with 80 students from the traditional school system. We hypothesized that students from alternative schools adapt better, because of greater perceived social support, academic self-efficacy, and task-oriented coping styles. Measures were taken during the last school year (baseline characteristics), and at the beginning of the first and last terms of the first year in higher education. The quality of adjustment was assessed through academic results, and physical and psychological well-being. The following instruments were used: the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory by Spielberger (1983), the 13-items Depression Inventory by Beck et al. (1961), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations by Endler and Parker (1990), and semi-directed interviews. Results show that students from alternative schools adjust better to higher education: they report less anxiety and depression symptoms, and show greater life satisfaction and academic achievement.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9252-7
ISSN: 1573-174X
Doctoral Dissertation
A Comparison of Traditional vs. Montessori Education in Relation to Children's Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Prosocial Behavior
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Academic achievement, Americas, Caribbean, Comparative education, Elementary education, Latin America and the Caribbean, Montessori schools, Puerto Rico, Student attitudes
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Abstract/Notes: The present study compares elementary school children from Traditional and Montessori programs. The purpose is to investigate how different educational philosophies and teaching methods affect perceived levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy, prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior in children. The participants in this study consisted of second through sixth grade students who were attending Montessori and Traditional schools since the age of five, or earlier. All children completed the Washington Self-Description Questionnaire (WSDQ), three subscales of the Children's Multi-dimensional Self-Efficacy Scales (i.e., academic achievement, self-regulated learning, & social), the Physical and Verbal Aggression Scale, and the Prosocial Behavior Scale. No significant differences were revealed between the Montessori and Traditional programs in relation to the children's perceived levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy for academic achievement, self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, social self-efficacy, or prosocial behavior. However, the Montessori children reported significantly lower levels of physical/verbal aggression than the Traditional children. Moreover, as Montessori children develop a heightened ability to work within a group of peers, they seem to develop lower levels of physical/verbal aggression, which was not found among Traditional children. Furthermore, Montessori children's perceived ability to make and keep friends of the same gender was found to significantly improve with increased years in the program, which was not found in the Traditional method. For Montessori children, their perceived ability to work together in a group was found to be positively associated with heightened levels of self-efficacy for academic achievement and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. Furthermore, the Montessori children's levels of self-esteem were correlated significantly with their perceived levels of self-efficacy for academic achievement and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. Although Traditional children were also found to gain self-efficacy for self-regulated learning through working together at young ages, as they proceed to higher grade levels, their self-efficacy for self-regulated learning decreased.
Language: English
Published: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002
Article
Introducing Holistic Education: The Historical and Pedagogical Context of the 1990 Chicago Statement
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Teacher Education Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1
Date: 1992
Pages: 5-13
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Language: English
ISSN: 0737-5328