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Article
L'ambiente e il bambino secondo Maria Montessori [The environment and the child according to Maria Montessori]
Publication: Cultura e educazione per il bambino, vol. 2, no. 1
Date: 1989
Pages: 14-16
Marziola Pignatari - Writings, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 1125-8527
Conference Paper
The Application of Student Portfolios in Primary/Intermediate and Self-Contained/Multi-Age Team Classroom Environments: Implications for Instruction, Learning, and Assessment
Available from: ERIC
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
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Abstract/Notes: Portfolios have gained wide acceptance as a learning and assessment tool. Yet, little research has been reported on the practices of teachers who are actually using portfolios within their classrooms and how those practices are moderated by contextual variables. This research examined the instructional, learning, and assessment roles of student portfolios, and explored, from the perspective of the classroom teacher, variations in portfolio applications associated with teaching level (primary versus intermediate) and classroom environment (self-contained versus multiage/teaming). Teachers for kindergarten through grade 5 in 3 elementary schools (n=314) completed a survey questionnaire regarding the instructional and assessment uses to which portfolios are put within their classrooms. To further examine patterns of portfolio use, a subset of 44 teachers was interviewed to explore teacher perceptions about the impact of student portfolios on themselves and their students. Results suggest that these teachers make deliberate decisions regarding uses of their students' portfolios, decisions that appear heavily impacted by the maturity or skill level of the child, the purposes of the application, and the classroom environment within which the application occurs. They also depend on whether the portfolio product is in a formative state (working portfolio) or final state (performance portfolio). (Contains 7 tables and 14 references.) (Author/SLD)
Language: English
Published: Montreal, Canada, Apr 19-24, 1994
Conference Paper
The Design of Learning Experiences: A Connection to Physical Environments.
Available from: ERIC
Annual GASCD Conference (Athens, Georgia, April 26, 1996)
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Abstract/Notes: The school environment must create a rich, beautiful, dynamic, meaningful experience for students to learn; however, architects, school boards, and the state focus almost exclusively only on the building when making design decisions. This document lists specific aspects to developing a visionary campus: one that provides a three-dimensional educational experience. Characteristics of the visionary campus include smaller size campuses, multi-age groupings, decentralized buildings, information access that goes beyond written or digital form, and sustainable architecture that is ecologically sound. (GR) Georgia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (GASCD)
Language: English
Book
Early Childhood Bilingualism in the Montessori Children's House: Guessable Context and the Planned Environment
Available from: ERIC
Bilingual education, Bilingualism, Language experience approach in education
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Abstract/Notes: The language immersion approach of the Intercultural Montessori School (Oak Park, Illinois) for children aged 2-6 years is described and discussed. An introductory section gives background information on early work with immersion by Maria Montessori, a personal experience leading to the school's establishment, and the response of language and education professionals, the public, and parents to the concept of preschool immersion. Subsequent sections discuss common patterns in the students' language learning experience at the school and the developmental stages the learners went through as the experiment progressed: pre-production; early production; speech emergence; and intermediate fluency. Anecdotal information about specific students and events are used for illustration. Observations about comprehensible input and the Montessori manipulables, whole language, and other instructional strategies are included. Specific recommendations are made for content and classroom procedures in early childhood immersion, based on this experience. The paper concludes with reflections on the potential of this environment for development of bilingualism.
Language: English
Published: Oak Park, Illinois: InterCultura Montessori School, 1997
Master's Thesis
Mississippi River Program: A Mixed-Method Examination of the Effects of a Place-Based Curriculum on the Environmental Knowledge and Awareness of Montessori Adolescents
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
Comparative education, Mississippi River Program, Sustainability
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Abstract/Notes: The Mississippi River Program was an interdisciplinary environmental education curriculum implemented in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The program integrated theory and practice of experiential, environmental, adventure, and place-based education, and was designed, implemented and assessed by the researcher. Effects of the Mississippi River Program on the environmental knowledge and awareness of middle school adolescents were unknown at the onset of this study. This was a quasi-experimental design involving non-random sampling of a charter Montessori Middle School as the experimental group (n=17), and a sample of public middle school students as the comparison group (n=18). A mixed-methods approach entailed quantitative assessment of mean pretest and posttest scores on the Environmental Knowledge and Beliefs Questionnaire, and a qualitative analysis of reflective papers written by the Montessori group. The research instrument was drawn directly from the state standards for environmental education for middle school adolescents, published by the Wisconsin Department of Instruction (1998). Results of ANOVA indicated a significant improvement in mean scores from pretest to posttest for the experimental group, with no significant difference in scores for the comparison group (p=.0002). Quantitative results revealed that Item Six of the survey instrument contributed significantly to the increase in scores (p=.0000). This Item required knowledge of environmental agencies, which the experimental group gained during “Outdoor Careers Day.” Student reflective papers written about experiences during this event were qualitatively assessed using an emergent open coding method, which revealed five environmental learning themes. Qualitative findings reinforced the quantitative results, indicating that the program participants improved significantly in knowledge of environmental content areas; and awareness of a personal relationship with, and responsibility to, the environment. Further investigations are needed to increase the research base for programs that incorporate multiple outdoor education models. Innovative educational approaches would also benefit from research on the long term effects of participation in these programs.
Language: English
Published: Mankato, Minnesota, 2006
Book Section
The Child's Environment
Book Title: Towards a New Education: A Record and Synthesis of the Discussions on the New Psychology and the Curriculum at the Fifth World Conference of the New Education Fellowship held at Elsinore, Denmark, in August 1929
Pages: 138-141
Denmark, Europe, International Conference of the New Education Fellowship (5th, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August, 1929), International Montessori Congress (1st, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August 1929), Maria Montessori - Writings, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., New Education Fellowship, Nordic countries, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Theosophical Society, Theosophy
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Language: English
Published: New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930
Video Recording
Nurturing the Spirit: Nature in the Prepared Environment
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Abstract/Notes: Presents the importance of outdoor learning environments for preschool and elementary classrooms. Filmed at the Montessori Center School in Phoenix, Arizona. Produced by NAMTA in cooperation with Montessori Center School, Phoenix, Arizona.
Runtime: 12 minutes
Language: English
Published: Burton, Ohio, 2006
Article
New Montessori Magnet: An Early Start in a Super Rich Environment
Publication: Update: A Newsletter for Employees of the Kansas City School District
Date: 1988
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Language: English
Article
Isolating the Difficulty: Questions from the Field [Arranging the environment]
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 3, no. 10
Date: Jun 1993
Pages: 4
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Language: English
Article
Parent Volunteers: The Key to a Thoroughly Prepared Environment
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: Sep 1996
Pages: 1–4
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Language: English