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Box 9, Folder 26 - Manuscripts, ca. 1921-ca.1966 - "The Opened Book or the Mass Cards" (draft 1)
Available from: Seattle University
Date: ca.1921-ca.1966
Edwin Mortimer Standing - Biographic sources, Edwin Mortimer Standing - Writings
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Language: English
Archive: Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
Article
Mario Montessori Memorial Mass
Publication: AMI/USA Professional Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 3
Date: Dec 1982
Pages: 4
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Language: English
Article
Infant and Toddler Massage
Publication: Infants and Toddlers, vol. 9, no. 3
Date: 2005
Pages: 5–9, 16–17
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Language: English
Article
Montessori Challenged in Massachusetts
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 3, no. 8
Date: Nov 1982
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
IMS Montessori School Members [Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Massapequa, New York]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 4, no. 2
Date: Feb 1983
Pages: 1, 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Doctoral Dissertation
Measuring Parent Perception and Understanding of Montessori Education in Three Massachusetts Montessori Schools
Available from: University of Pepperdine
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Parent participation, Parents - Perceptions, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: The Montessori method is a comprehensive, child-centered, developmentalist philosophy of education developed by Dr. Maria Montessori in Rome, Italy, in the early 1900s. The Montessori method differs from traditional approaches to education, and has had limited exposure in the U.S. until the last 20 years. Despite this growth, little research data exists on the effectiveness of the method or of parent understanding of the method. This research project attempted to determine parent understanding of the Montessori method of education at three Montessori schools in Massachusetts that educate children from toddlers to grade 8. The objective of the research was to design, implement, and analyze a survey that measured parent understanding of the Montessori principles and classroom practices. The survey was developed using the Montessori principles as the foundation. The goal was to determine both the extent of parent understanding of the Montessori principles and parent perception of how these principles are carried out in the Montessori classroom. Parents and guardians were asked a total of 10 questions, 7 of which were five-point Likert scales. The quantitative questions specifically addressed the six Montessori principles and were designed to test parents’ overall understanding of each principle. Responses ranged from a principle being not at all important to very important. The qualitative portion of the survey instrument utilized three open-ended, self-completed questions designed to reveal a range of parent perceptions about Montessori education and classroom practices. The surveys revealed that parent values and thinking do line up with some aspects of the Montessori method and philosophy. The surveys also revealed that parents seem to value classroom practices contrary to the founding principles. What parents value and what parents think about regarding concepts such as goal setting, achievement, competition with peers, and teachers preparing and presenting lessons is in direct contrast with some of the Montessori founding principles and intentions. If Montessori schools wish to remain viable, they will need to reconcile the Montessori principles with conflicting parent values and, further, determine how to better align their principles with parent views and desires for their children.
Language: English
Published: Malibu, California, 2015
Article
Massaging Montessori's Roots
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 17, no. 3
Date: Mar 2009
Pages: 15–16
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Open Center for Children [Somerville, Massachusetts]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1965-1973), vol. 8, no. 3-4
Date: Winter-Spring 1973
Pages: 3-6
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
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Field Notes [M: Magazine; schools in Minnesota, Iowa, Connecticut, California, Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina; AMS research effort; Tomorrow's Child online; MACTE recognition by US]
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 21, no. 1
Date: Fall 2008
Pages: 8-9
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE), Public Montessori
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
The Cosmic Character of the Mass
Publication: The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, vol. 11
Date: 1995
Pages: 12
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Abstract/Notes: Summary of a lecture by Sofia Cavalletti
Language: English