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Doctoral Dissertation
Attraverso i confini. Traduzioni e diffusione di Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica di Maria Montessori. Uno studio comparato [Across the Borders: The Translation and Spread of Maria Montessori's Scientific Pedagogy – A Comparative Study]
Available from: AMS Dottorato - Institutional Theses Repository (University of Bologna Digital Library)
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori è una delle pedagogiste italiane più conosciute e celebrate in tutto il mondo. Come è noto, il suo pensiero ha avuto una diffusione che per rapidità e ampiezza geografica si può senza dubbio definire straordinaria. Fu Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, pubblicato in Italia nel 1909, a portare la Montessori alla ribalta della scena mondiale. Dal 1912, le traduzioni si moltiplicarono, fino a coprire, prima della fine della prima Guerra mondiale, il panorama europeo e americano. Inoltre, i corsi internazionali per la formazione d’insegnanti stranieri (il primo fu organizzato in Italia nel 1913), permisero la diffusione del metodo anche in India, in Sud America, in Australia e in Asia. La mia ricerca si concentra sull’analisi comparata delle prime traduzioni del Metodo, in particolare l’edizione americana (1912), l’edizione inglese (1912), l’edizione svizzera (1912) e l’edizione francese (1916), calate nel contesto storico, sociale, cultura e pedagogico di riferimento. Per meglio comprendere le modalità di diffusione dell’opera, ho scelto di dare ampio spazio anche alle figure che hanno circondato Maria Montessori e si sono operate per diffondere e promuovere tanto l’opera quanto la filosofia della pedagogista nelle realtà elencate. Il progetto ha voluto mettere a fuoco il processo di costruzione di un lavoro scientifico e culturale costantemente influenzato da una pluralità di culture, tradizioni, lingue e voci differenti, nonché il faticoso impegno dell’autrice di difendere il proprio pensiero da qualsiasi intromissione esterna volta a snaturarlo. [Maria Montessori is one of the most famous and celebrated Italian pedagogists in the world. Due to its speed and geographical extent, the spread of her scientific pedagogy can surely be described as extraordinary, even more since we talk about a woman’s work in the beginning of the twentieth century. It was Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, published in Italy in 1909, that brought Montessori to the forefront of the world scene, allowing her to be acclaimed internationally as one of history’s great pioneering educators. Since 1912, the number of translations multiplied, to the point of covering, before the end of the First World War, the European and American scene. In addition, international courses for the training of teachers (the first was organized in Italy in 1913), allowed the spread of the method in India, South America, Austrialia and Asia. My research focuses on the comparative analysis of the Metodo’s first translations, in particular the American edition (1912), the English edition (1912), the Swiss edition (1912) and the French edition (1916), placed in the historical, social, cultural and pedagogical context of reference. Furthermore, great part of the research is dedicated to the many figures who surrounded Maria Montessori and worked as hard as she did to help in the spreading of both her thought and book internationally. Indeed, editors, translators, journalists and intellectuals, as well as politicians and ambassadors played an essential role in her successful career. The project aimed to focus on Montessori’s process of building a scientific and cultural work constantly influenced by a plurality of different cultures, traditions, languages and voices, as well as on the hard work of the author to defend her philosophy from any external interference aimed at distorting it.]
Language: Italian
Published: Bologna, Italy, 2020
Article
White Cross Organized by Noted Woman
Available from: Newspapers.com
Publication: San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, California)
Date: Sep 2, 1917
Pages: 10
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., North America, United States of America, White Cross (Croce Bianca)
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Language: English
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Human Tendencies: Authentic Guideposts to Human Characteristics Across the Planes
Available from: Association Montessori Internationale
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2020
Date: 2020
Pages: 106-119
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Abstract/Notes: Xavier Barrameda demonstrates his deep knowledge of the four planes of developmental psychology in his writing about an evolutionary implementation step for the human tendencies as viewed across the planes. Xavier grew up in a Montessori family who manage multiple Montessori schools, including four fully developed schools from primary to Erdkinder in the Philippines. Xavier is a trained Montessori guide and head of school.
Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
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Educate or Accommodate? Montessori at the Crossroads
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 31, no. 2
Date: Summer 2019
Pages: 40-41
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori environments offer concrete learning materials, with controls of error embedded in their design, that support independence, engage the childs interest, and provide individual challenges. The external factors are often quite easy to identify: conflicting state standards and licensing regulations, emphasis on test results, parent expectations, school schedules, and a highly technological culture that values measurable results, speed, and future goals. Education should not limit itself to seeking new methods for a mostly arid transmission of knowledge: its aim must be to give the necessary aid to human development.
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Crossing The Aisle: Conversations About Collaboration
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 23, no. 2
Date: Summer 2011
Pages: 18-29
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Abstract/Notes: This article presents edited transcripts of separate Skype conversations with Richard Ungerer, AMS executive director, in his office at AMS headquarters in New York and Andre Roberfroid, president of AMI, at his home in Vetraz-Monthoux, France. It also presents a discussion of the ways the two organizations can join forces to strengthen the Montessori movement. (Contains 11 online resources.)
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
The White Cross (1917)
Publication: AMI Journal (2013-), vol. 2013, no. 1-2
Date: 2013
Pages: 37-41
Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Writings, White Cross (Croce Bianca)
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Abstract/Notes: Based on a pamphlet dating to the 1917 San Diego course.
Language: English
ISSN: 2215-1249, 2772-7319
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Across the Imaginary Line: An Interview with Robert Rodriguez of Montessori Unlimited
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: Fall 1996
Pages: 10-11, 20-21
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Post-Foundational Thoughts About Learning in Different Registers: Decolonial, Cross-Cultural, and Montessorian
Available from: Wiley Online Library
Publication: Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 36, no. 1
Date: 2006
Pages: 5–13
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Contested Childhoods Across Borders and Boundaries: Insights from Curriculum Provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s
Available from: Wiley Online Library
Publication: British Educational Research Journal, vol. 47, no. 4
Date: 2021
Pages: 1021-1038
Europe, Ireland, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Northern Europe, Northern Ireland
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Abstract/Notes: Conceptualisations and constructs of children and childhood are temporally and contextually grounded. Historical documents are rich sources of insight and understanding regarding how children were understood, valued and treated at various times by particular societies. This article explores the conceptualisation of children and childhood in the 26-county Irish Free State (South) and the 6-county Northern Ireland (North) in the 1920s following the partition of Ireland, through the lens of educational documentation, primarily national primary school curricula. The focus on both jurisdictions is interesting in the context of partition, exploring the sometimes divergent and often convergent ways in which children were conceptualised across borders and boundaries. This article reveals, using Sorin and Galloway’s framework as a conceptual and analytical tool, that conceptualisations of children were broadly similar in the North and South but differed in their focus and enactment in both fledgling states. These disparities are largely attributable to the very different political, social and religious orientations of both jurisdictions and the use of education as a vehicle for nation-building, as well as identity and gender formation. The article also explores alternative conceptualisations of children in education policy in the North and South by presenting case study ‘outliers’ of educational provision. A century since partition, conclusions and implications are noted that resonate with contemporary elements of convergence and divergence on educational policy and the conceptualisation of children across the island of Ireland.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3708
ISSN: 0141-1926, 1469-3518
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Montessori? There's an App for That [Montessorium, Social Network and Shopping, Parent Education, Montessori Crosswords]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 23, no. 1
Date: Fall 2010
Pages: 16
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246