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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
Article
Raising Generous Children
Publication: Parenting for a New World (AMI/USA), vol. 14, no. 4
Date: Dec 2005
Pages: 1-2
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Language: English
Article
Stimulating the Development of Rhythmic Abilities in Preschool Children in Montessori Kindergartens with Music-Movement Activities: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 52
Date: 2024
Pages: 563-574
Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Elementary school students, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Movement education, Music education, Preschool children, Rhythm
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Abstract/Notes: This article examines the effects of Montessori music-movement activities on the development of the rhythmic abilities of 59 children from Montessori preschools, aged between 3 and 6 years. Children were deployed into two experimental groups (EG 1 (n = 20) & EG 2 (n = 22)) and a control group (CG) (n = 17). Our intervention consisted of introducing 15 to 20 min of unstructured movement time, either accompanied by a piano (EG 1) or recording (EG 2), three times a week for four months, whereas the control group carried on the usual Montessori program. We used a quasi-experimental nonequivalent groups design with pretest–posttest. Three tests for measuring rhythmic abilities were used: auditory discrimination of the rhythmic patterns, imitation of spoken rhythmic phrases, and determining the synchronization of movement with the rhythm of the music. The interventions had a positive effect on the development of the rhythmic abilities of children included in the study. The most significant effect was noticed in EG 1, while no effect of non-activity was detected in the control group.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-023-01459-x
ISSN: 1573-1707
Document
Teaching AI and Robotics to Children in a Mexican Town
Available from: arXiv.org
Americas, Artificial intelligence, Central America, Information and communications technology (ICT), Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Montessori method of education, Robotics in education, Technology and children
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Abstract/Notes: In this paper, we present a pilot study aiming to investigate the challenges of teaching AI and Robotics to children in low- and middle-income countries. Challenges such as the little to none experts and the limited resources in a Mexican town to teach AI and Robotics were addressed with the creation of inclusive learning activities with Montessori method and open-source educational robots. For the pilot study, we invited 14 participants of which 10 were able to attend, 6 male and 4 female of (age in years: mean=8 and std=$pm$1.61) and four instructors of different teaching experience levels to young audiences. We reported results of a four-lesson curriculum that is both inclusive and engaging. We showed the impact on the increase of general agreement of participants on the understanding of what engineers and scientists do in their jobs, with engineering attitudes surveys and Likert scale charts from the first and the last lesson. We concluded that this pilot study helped children coming from low- to mid-income families to learn fundamental concepts of AI and Robotics and aware them of the potential of AI and Robotics applications which might rule their adult lives. Future work might lead (a) to have better understanding on the financial and logistical challenges to organise a workshop with a major number of participants for reliable and representative data and (b) to improve pretest-posttest survey design and its statistical analysis. The resources to reproduce this work are available at: https://github.com/air4children/dei-hri2023.
Language: English
Published: Mar 5, 2023
Article
"Please Come Back to Us. We Are Good People." [Visit to Soviet Union with U.S. children]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter
Date: 1986
Pages: 3–5
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Language: English
Article
Suggestions to Teachers for Use, Display and Care of Children's Books
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: Feb 1981
Pages: 6
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Language: English
Article
Making Children's Learning Visible
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 89
Date: Oct 2008
Pages: 18–19
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Abstract/Notes: Reggio Emilia
Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Doctoral Dissertation
Seriation Skills in Three-Year-Old Children: A Training Study Using Montessori Materials
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Language: English
Published: Houston, Texas, 1978
Article
Montessori for All Children
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 28, no. 2
Date: Summer 2016
Pages: 9
Children with disabilities, Inclusive education, Montessori method of education, People with disabilities
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Abstract/Notes: For Montessori schools, the percentage of children with learning needs that require specific attention may be even greater due to Montessori's individualized programs, nurturing teachers, and emphasis on emotional intelligence as well as academic progress.[...]many teacher education programs do not include instruction on working with children who have learning and/ or behavioral differences.In Montessori's era, the children with special needs with whom she worked were called "defective" Today, with the individualized Montessori approach and a master teacher, these children should be perceived as talented and creative in their own right.[...]many teacher education programs do not include instruction on working with children who have learning and/or behavioral differences.
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Whole-Group Instruction Practices and Children's Attention: A Preliminary Report
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, vol. 26, no. 2
Date: 2012
Pages: 154-168
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Abstract/Notes: This study developed a typology of recommended teacher practices related to whole-group instruction in preschool classrooms and examined the relationship between teachers' use of the practices and children's attentiveness. Thirty-nine classrooms in 31 schools (15 public and 16 private) were observed during regularly scheduled whole-group instruction sessions. Bivariate correlations indicated a positive relationship between children's attentiveness and number of practices that teachers used, but not between attentiveness and length of activity. Regression analyses suggested a set of eight specific practices that are related, with length of activity, to children's attentiveness.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2012.657744
ISSN: 0256-8543, 2150-2641