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Article
Montessori Parents
Publication: AMI Bulletin, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 8–9
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Abstract/Notes: Includes question and answer on crying to sleep at night
Language: English
Article
The Evolution of the Parent Observer: A Report by Mary Caroline Parker
Publication: AMI Bulletin, no. 1
Date: 2008
Pages: 9–10
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Abstract/Notes: Rev. of article in AMI Communications 2007 #2.
Language: English
Doctoral Dissertation
Exploring Forest Kindergarten Practices in Türki̇ye: Kindergarten Founders', Teachers', and Parents' Knowledge of Forest Pedagogy [Exploring Forest Kindergarten Practices in Turkey: Kindergarten Founders', Teachers', and Parents' Knowledge of Forest Pedagogy]
Available from: Middle East Technical University
Asia, Comparative education, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Forest school (learning style), Middle East, Open-air schools, Private schools, Turkey, Western Asia
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Abstract/Notes: This study had several objectives. First, to investigate the practices of forest kindergartens in three different geographic regions of Türkiye. Second, to explore how the founders of forest kindergartens overcome challenges and take advantage of favorable circumstances as they set up and run the kindergartens. Third, to research the challenges and favorable circumstances that teachers face in such kindergartens and ways to deal with them. Fourth, to examine what kinds of cultural adaptations kindergarten founders and teachers need to make to use Forest Pedagogy in their own culture or location. Fifth, to elicit the kindergarten founders', teachers', and parents' knowledge of Forest Pedagogy. And sixth, to explore how parents' knowledge of Forest Pedagogy relates to their expectations of forest kindergartens. This study included members of the forest kindergartens (N = 21), which comprised the founders (N = 3), teachers (N = 9), and parents (N = 9). The study discovered that forest kindergartens were not typical, despite sharing similar practices with other kindergartens, such as the daily use of outdoor playgrounds. The diversity of the outdoor settings employed by forest kindergartens varied from region to region, depending on their geographical characteristics. However, they shared certain challenges with other kindergartens, such as a lack of unstructured and affordable natural settings surrounding the kindergartens. In all cases, the kindergarten founders and teachers had limited knowledge of sustainable attitudes for children and the significance of risky play. Yet, the parents possessed the knowledge to value free, muddy, and risky play throughout the year.
Language: English
Published: Ankara, Turkey, 2022
Master's Thesis
The Influence of Parental Perception on Early Childhood Education Choices in Pakistan
Available from: Gothenburg University Library - GUPEA
Asia, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Pakistan, Parent attitudes, Perceptions, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to analyse how parents’ decision making process of early childhood education choices in Pakistan is influenced by parental perceptions. The theoretical framework used for this study is Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. A qualitative design survey together with one to one interview of 8 parents of children aged 3-5 years enrolled in private and public ECE programs was used to answer four research questions on parents’ decision making for ECE selection. The study revealed that Pakistani parents relied on personal priorities such as socio-economic as well as educational backgrounds, traditional views and expectations which influenced their decision-making process. Even though parents considered information from multiple sources they haphazardly ordered quality indicators without regard for the influence of any quality compromising indicator on their child’s development.
Language: English
Published: Gothenburg, Sweden, 2022
Master's Thesis
Investigating Preschoolers' Self-Care Behaviors: Teacher and Parent Reports
Available from: Middle East Technical University
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of the study was to investigate and compare teachers’ and parents’ beliefs about children’s self-care behaviors considering child (age, gender, having sibling), parent (socioeconomic status) and teacher-related (teaching experience) characteristics and to investigate and compare the beliefs about the self-care implementations. Explanatory mixed-methods design was used. The data was gathered from 208 early-childhood educators in nine central districts of Ankara and 531 parents whose children were educated in these teachers' classrooms. Quantitative data were collected with the “The Beliefs on Young Children’s Self Care Behaviors Survey” and “demographic information form”. Then, semi-structured interviews were done with 10 preschool teachers and 11 parents on a voluntary basis. According to results of the study, teachers believed the development of self-care behaviors as children grow, despite no dramatic changes in their observations according to age. The parents also had similar beliefs, and their observations about the certain behaviors changed. Considering children’s gender, the participants believed girls having better self-care skills, despite no dramatic differences in their observations. Considering the “having sibling”, parents’ observations differed in certain behaviors unlike teachers’ observations. Participants believed positive impact of having sibling on self-care. Moreover, as considering SES, teachers’ observations did not change according to SES unlike parents’ observations. Participants had different beliefs about the effect of SES on self-care. Besides, according to teaching experience, the observation of “self-protection from accidents” behaviors increased systematically. Additionally, some problems were encountered in self-care implementations. The participants’ belief about the factors negatively effecting the implementations were similar.
Language: English
Published: Ankara, Turkey, 2022
Article
The Bloomington-Normal Montessori School: A Descriptive Study of the Pupils' Parents
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 3
Date: 1969
Pages: 1-12
Americas, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
Montessori Parents: Introduction
Publication: AMI Bulletin, no. 1
Date: 2008
Pages: 7
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Language: English
Article
Questions and Answers [Parent education and involvement]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: Feb 1981
Pages: 8
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Language: English
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
Montessori Parent Education: An Action Research Report
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This study sought to improve parent knowledge about the Montessori curriculum at a public Montessori school in British Columbia, Canada. Nineteen parents from a grade 1/2/3 class participated. Prior to six weeks of interventions, a parent question log was kept, and baseline data was collected from students and their parents. The teacher hosted one parent evening, three in-class observations for parents, started a Montessori magazine library, and featured a section on Montessori in the home and material use on the class blog. Data collection tools were used throughout the research to gain feedback from parents. Research concluded that parent knowledge improved, standard Montessori practices at home increased, and participants began asking deeper questions about Montessori philosophy. Parents chose the evening event and the blog as tools they would use in the future. Further research could be done over a longer period to see if participation could be improved by spreading out the events.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2017
Article
Editorial: Are Parents Ready for Montessori?
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: Feb 1979
Pages: 2
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Language: English