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Article
Status of Early Childhood Education in Nepal
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: International Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 28, no. 2
Date: 1996
Pages: 57-61
Asia, Early childhood education, Nepal, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: "...Primary education starts at the age ofsix in Nepal. Parents were not aware of the need of institutional education for their preschool children before the establishment of a Montessori School by the government for the first time in 1949. This school was based on the philosophy of the early childhood educationalist Madam Montessori. Since then the idea of early childhood education started to grow in the context ofNepal. With the establishment of a College of Education (Now Faculty of Education) in 1956, the Montessori School was merged into its Laboratory School. Thus, this Montessori School lost its separate identity and started to work as a downward extension of the Laboratory School of the college. Since then, this model as a downward extension of primary school was followed by the private and boarding schools..."
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174504
ISSN: 0020-7187, 1878-4658
Doctoral Dissertation
An Examination of Implementation Practices in Montessori Early Childhood Education
Available from: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: This study examined to what extent Montessori early childhood education programs in one geographical region of the United States could be classified into homogeneous clusters based on teachers’ reported practices associated with Montessori education. Once identified, the characteristics defining each subgroup were described, and factors supporting or hindering the implementation of recommended practices were examined. Of particular interest was whether the teachers were intentionally or inadvertently making changes to the model, and if modifications were being made, whether these were due to situational factors or to viewpoints that differed from Montessori’s perspectives. Teachers’ beliefs about managing and motivating children were also assessed in relation to their interpretation of the Montessori method in order to examine what role, if any these beliefs played in shaping classroom practices.
Language: English
Published: Berkeley, California, 2004
Book
Understanding Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Published: New York: Teachers College Press, 2005
Edition: 2nd
Book
Revisiting Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Published: New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, n.d.
Article
Using Mathematics Strategies in Early Childhood Education as a Basis for Culturally Responsive Teaching in India
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 14, no. 1
Date: 2006
Pages: 15-34
Asia, Culturally relevant pedagogy, India, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: The objective of this small study was to elicit responses from early childhood teachers in India on mathematics learning strategies and to measure the extent of finger counting technique adopted by the teachers in teaching young children. Specifically, the research focused on the effective ways of teaching mathematics to children in India, and examined teachers’ approach to number counting. In India, children were taught by their parents or by their teachers to use fingers to count. The qualitative study conducted by the researcher further enriched the topic with first‐hand comments by the teachers. Although the finger counting method was not the only process that teachers would adopt, it was embedded in the culture and taken into consideration while infusing mathematics skills. The teachers confirmed adopting the Indian method of finger counting in their teaching strategy; some specified that the method helped children to undertake addition and subtraction of carrying and borrowing, as counting by objects could not be available all the time. Although the study is limited by its small sample to the unique mathematics learning experience in India, it provides readers with a glimpse of culturally responsive teaching methods and an alternative mathematics teaching strategy.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/09669760500446374
ISSN: 0966-9760
Article
Analyzing Early Childhood Education Programs: B. Instructional Procedures
Available from: ASCD
Publication: Educational Leadership, vol. 28, no. 8
Date: May 1971
Pages: 802-805
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Language: English
ISSN: 0013-1784, 1943-5878
Article
The Early Childhood Education Forum and the Quality in Diversity Project
Publication: Montessori Society Review, vol. 7
Date: 1996
Pages: 8–9
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Abstract/Notes: Projects of Montessori Education U.K.
Language: English
Article
Demands in Early Childhood Education: Montessori Pedagogy, Prepared Environment, and Teacher Training
Available from: International Journal of Research in Education and Science
Publication: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: 2021
Pages: 144-162
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Abstract/Notes: Recognizing the inherent attention in examining how educational practices affect our future, there is little known about society's demands related to early childhood education. This paper aims to analyze the current preschool enrolment situation in the Euro-Western world and the demands of society, focusing attention on the characteristics needed in the prepared environment and in teacher training practices that inclusive education offers. Different socio-cultural theories have been analyzed, and practices regarding human development have been presented as they guarantee an integral development of the child, one which respects infant developmental stages and offers the right scaffolding and environment to stimulate a child's interest and potential. All these aspects are claimed in society, and are reflected in the Montessori Pedagogy principles, where thanks to the observation and knowledge regarding children's needs, educators can prepare stimulating environments that lead to personal formative development.
Language: English
DOI: 10.46328/ijres.1272
ISSN: 2148-9955
Book Section
Montessori as an Alternative Early Childhood Education
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Book Title: The Influence of Theorists and Pioneers on Early Childhood Education
Pages: 211-221
Comparative education, Culturally relevant pedagogy, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori education was developed over 100 years ago, and persists as a marginal ‘niche reform’ of the standard model. Here I discuss two unresolved dichotomies in early childhood education – the tension between work and play, and between structure and freedom. I explain how Montessori collapses and thereby resolves the dichotomies, and does so in a contemporary theoretical frame – one that is dynamical rather than linear. I next describe the origins and functioning of Montessori preschool environments, outcomes from the most methodologically sound studies to date, and impediments to Montessori’s more widespread adoption. I also show how Montessori is a culturally responsive pedagogy, and conclude by return to the dichotomies and how Montessori makes sense for the modern era. Originally published in: Early Child Development and Care, volume 191, issue 7–8 (2021), pp. 1196–1206.
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Routledge, 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-63674-6 978-0-367-63675-3 978-1-00-312021-6
Book
Montessori Early Childhood Education: A Guide to the 3-6 Years Montessori Classroom
Australasia, Australia and New Zealand, Classroom environment, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, New Zealand, Oceania, Prepared environment, Tawa Montessori Preschool (Wellington, New Zealand)
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Language: English
Published: Wellington, New Zealand: Tawa Montessori Preschool, 2000
ISBN: 0-473-07092-8 978-0-473-07092-2