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Article
Philosophically-Based Alternatives in Education: An Exploration of Learner-Centered, Progressive, and Holistic Education
Publication: Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, vol. 17, no. 1
Date: 2004
Pages: 17-27
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Abstract/Notes: Based on a database of over 500 resources, this paper explores the educational alternatives that exist today between the cracks of mainstream education and culture. It presents information about the growing numbers of schools and education centers that call themselves learner-centered, progressive, and/or holistic. Sources of data for this summary report also include over 3 years of informal interviews with and observations of people at alternative schools. The paper begins by examining terminology issues, discussing qualities for distinguishing educational alternatives, and describing eight types of schools (democratic and free schools, folk education, Quaker schools, homeschooling/unschooling/deschooling, Krishnamurti schools, Montessori schools, open schools, and Waldorf schools). It also presents frameworks for education (maps for understanding the territories of alternatives), and it discusses the three orientations of a competency based education: transaction (progressive), self-directed (learner-centered), and transformation (holistic). After looking at political issues around school choice which could impact the growth of the various philosophical alternatives, the paper concludes that in a society where issues of pluralism and diversity are valued as part of creating a more sustainable world and just democracy, the diversity of philosophical perspectives in education needs to be acknowledged. (Contains 41 references.) (SM)
Language: English
ISSN: 1094-3838, 2158-8414
Book Section
Some Aspects of Maria Montessori of Particular Relevance to Special Education, Yet of General Significance to Regular Education
Book Title: Montessori and the Special Child
Pages: 22-26
Children with disabilities, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education, Special education
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Language: English
Published: New York: Putnam's sons, 1969
Article
Three Streams in Alternative Education: A Philosophical, Pedagogical, and Practical Comparison Between Democratic, Waldorf, and Montessori Education
Available from: European Journal of Alternative Education Studies
Publication: European Journal of Alternative Education Studies, vol. 6, no. 1
Date: 2021
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Abstract/Notes: This article examines the three most prominent movements of alternative education in Israel: Democratic education, Waldorf education, and the Montessori method of education. By comparing the educational approaches according to specific criteria, the goal is to provide the reader with as broad a picture as possible of their similarities and differences. The discussion focuses on the philosophical approach and general principles of each movement and does not aim to provide information or characteristics of specific educational institutions. One of the goals of the article is to bring before parents, educators, and policy makers knowledge of the different approaches so that they can understand and judge them with greater clarity.
Language: English
ISSN: 2501-5915
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
An Investigation of Montessori Education Efficacy versus the Traditional General Education Classrooms for Improved Achievement
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: Students who have attended Montessori pre-kindergarten and kindergarten appear to experience greater academic success than those who attend the general classroom. The purpose of this research was to examine what Montessori classrooms did differently than the general education classrooms and whether Montessori prepares students for greater academic success in elementary school. There is a vast amount of literature available on the impact of Montessori education on student achievement, but few comparison studies. The methodology for this research was causal comparative. Quantitative data was collected to ascertain the practices of Montessori classrooms to produce more academic success than that of the general education classroom. The purpose was to determine if students in a Montessori classroom will have higher academic success or if those in a traditional general education classroom setting will have higher achievement on the MAP reading and math assessment.
Language: English
Published: Central, South Carolina, 2023
Article
Appel aux Réformateurs de notre Education Nationale [Appeal to the Reformers of our National Education]
Available from: Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Gallica
Publication: La Nouvelle Éducation, no. 133
Date: Mar 1935
Pages: 39-43
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Language: French
ISSN: 2492-3524
Book
Comparative and International Studies in Theory and Practice of Education: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Comparative and International Education Society
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Language: English
Published: Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian Comparative and International Education Society, 1983
Article
My System of Education [Address Before the National Education Association at Oakland, Cal.]
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: Educator-Journal, vol. 16, no. 2
Date: Oct 1915
Pages: 63-71
Americas, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, National Education Association (NEA), North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Science Education and Scientific Education
Publication: NAMTA Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Autumn 1975
Pages: 24-27
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
Article
Why Montessori Education Needs Health Education
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: 2004
Pages: 24–25
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Language: English
Book Section
Die "New Educational Fellowship" - ein Forum der internationalen Reformpädagogik [The New Education Fellowship: An International Forum for Progressive Education]
Book Title: Die Reformpädagogik auf den Kontinenten: ein Handbuch [Progressive Education Across the Continents: A Handbook]
Pages: 191-204
Educational change, New Education Fellowship, New Education Movement, Progressive education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Language: German
Published: Frankfurt am Main, Germany: P. Lang, 1994
ISBN: 978-3-631-47463-1
Series: Heidelberger Studien zur Erziehungswissenschaft (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) , 43