Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241

Abstract/Notes: This chapter makes an important contribution to the research on the initial phase of the politicisation of Italian Montessorism. Reorganised in 1924, the Italian Montessori Society—ONM—was from 1926 led by Gentile, who had included the Montessori method programme in his school reform. Montessori’s lectures from the first regime-sponsored teacher training course in 1926 and the periodical L’Idea Montessori are subjected to a close reading. Issued between 1927 and 1929 as part of a project of implementation and evaluation of the Montessori method in Italian primary schools, this journal highlights the different motivations of fascist functionaries, Montessorians and teachers involved in this school experiment. A Montessori teacher training school was opened in Rome in 1929 as a result of this project. The possible connections between the new childhood policies that were introduced in 1926 with the creation of Opera Nazionale Balilla and the regime’s support of Montessorism are also discussed.

Language: English

Published: Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2022

ISBN: 978-3-031-14071-6 978-3-031-14072-3

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to describe the variables that contributed to the establishment of a charter school in an urban Arizona district and rural California district noting the similarities and dissimilarities, and to disclose the factors used to justify the implementation of the Montessori theory of education. Another purpose of the study was to describe the guidelines for maintaining a charter school, and the evaluation methods and factors used in the school's unique experience with staffing and funding. This research was descriptive and employed a case study approach. Descriptive research methodology was used to identify the same factors found in the Arizona study replicated by the researcher. Nonprobability, purposive sampling technique was the sampling used in the study. The instrument used for the study was interviews. Findings. The NFL/YET Academy in Arizona and Discovery Charter School in California experienced many similarities when the same variables were applied to both schools. As a result, the stakeholders of both schools used the principles of the organizational theory of empowerment to implement choices in curriculum. This process allowed the stakeholders an opportunity to meet the educational needs of students in the community. The following conclusions were made: (1) community empowerment plays a vital role in educating children; (2) the charter school movement allows parents, teachers, administrators, and community leaders to be involved in the creation of school governance and curriculum; and (3) charter schools allow all stakeholders to become involved in the decision-making process. The following are recommendations for further study: (1) This study should be conducted using a greater number of charter schools, and (2) This study should be conducted using administrator's leadership style in the organizational theory area of structure/roles.

Language: English

Published: La Verne, California, 2003

Abstract/Notes: A large percentage of the population in Peru is located in rural areas, such as the community of Chillaco, in the Lurín river basin, in Lima. The closest school to the town is far away for children, especially preschoolers; consequently, many of the local families have to educate their children at home or during their farm work. These children do not know the educational experience of an optimal cognitive learning, because they skip the kindergarten studies, the age where cognitive abilities of the pre-operational stage are developed; Executive functions are one of these essential skills for human beings to learn to learn. Taking as a reference the Reggio Emilia and Montessori educational methods, based on the autonomy of the kid during learning together with playful tools with the same purpose, the innovation gap focuses on the little attention for the cognitive learning of children in vulnerable contexts and without adult guardianship. From here we pose the following research question: How through the design of an educational toy the pre operational cognitive development of executive functions of children between 3 and 5 years of preschool age in the rural community of Chillaco in Lima is favored? Finding the opportunity to merge methodologies, tools, games and design in a favorable result for children's cognitive learning, Puyu was designed, a portable, friendly and accessible educational toy focused on learning executive functions while their parents work on the farm. DCH, etnographic methods, telephone records and literature review were used as methodology. Interviews were conducted with users, farmers and experts in pedagogical, sociological and psychological fields. The results showed that the children accepted the design proposal, showing interaction and curiosity to discover different and new ways of using it. The parents confirmed their approval and desire to experiment with at home and in the farm. In conclusion, the pertinence and relevance of an educational toy in rural contexts for cognitive development is reaffirmed, the same levels of enthusiasm are expected in the presentation of the final product. / Un gran porcentaje de la población peruana se ubica en zonas rurales, como la comunidad rural de Chillaco, ubicada en la cuenca del río Lurín, en Lima. La escuela más cercana al pueblo es lejana para los niños, sobre todo preescolares; en consecuencia, muchas de las familias del lugar educan a sus hijos en sus casas o durante sus labores en la chacra. Estos niños no conocen la experiencia educativa de un óptimo aprendizaje cognitivo al no cursar el preescolar, edad donde se desarrollan habilidades cognitivas de la etapa pre-operacional. Las funciones ejecutivas son una de estas habilidades indispensables para que el ser humano pueda aprender a aprender. Contemplando métodos educativos basados en la autonomía del niño durante el aprendizaje, como Reggio Emilia y Montessori, la brecha de investigación se enfoca en la poca atención para el aprendizaje cognitivo de los niños en contextos vulnerables y sin tutela adulta. Desde aquí se plantea ¿Cómo a través del diseño de un juguete educativo se favorece el desarrollo cognitivo pre operacional de funciones ejecutivas de niños de 3 a 5 años de edad en etapa pre escolar de la comunidad rural de Chillaco en Lima? Como respuesta, se diseñó Puyu, un juguete educativo portátil, amigable y accesible enfocado en el aprendizaje de funciones ejecutivas de los niños mientras los padres laboran en la chacra. Se usó la metodología Diseño Centrado en el Humano (DCH), métodos etnográficos, registros audiovisuales y revisión de literatura; se entrevistó a usuarios, campesinos y expertos en campos pedagógicos, sociológicos y psicológicos. Como resultado, los niños y padres aceptaron la propuesta de diseño demostrando interacción y curiosidad por el acto de descubrir, junto a nuevas formas de uso; además, de experimentar en casa y la chacra. En conclusión, se reafirma la pertinencia y relevancia de la implementación de un juguete educativo en contextos rurales para el desarrollo cognitivo, Puyu demostró elevar las respuestas cognitivas de los niños frente a situaciones básicas, las cuales se replican indefinidamente en la vida diaria, dando paso a un incremento positivo en el aprendizaje cognitivo de los usuarios.

Language: Spanish

Published: Lima, Peru, 2022

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0017-0372

Abstract/Notes: L’articolo illustra il programma di ricerche del Laboratorio Montessori di Roma, un’as- sociazione che raccoglie ricercatori di varia provenienza impegnati nello studio della storia del metodo Montessori. Particolare attenzione è rivolta a due tematiche: da una parte, la formazione del carattere, che è stata oggetto di approfondite ricerche negli ultimi vent’anni (si vedano le ricerche di Angeline Stoll Lillard); e, dall’altra, l’educazione religiosa – temati- ca alla quale la Montessori si dedicò profondamente, mantenendo fino alla fine la radicata convinzione che il proprio metodo potesse essere utile all’insegnamento religioso e della religione cattolica in particolare. [This paper presents the research program of the Laboratory Montessori in Rome. The Laboratory is an association which brings together scholars from various countries to carry out research projects on the history of the Montessori movement. In 2011, the association has explored character education according to the Montessori method and special attention will be devoted to religious education. The character education has been studied with par- ticular attention in the last twenty years, and some research (for example, those of Angeline Stoll Lillard) have demonstrated the validity of the Montessori method. Religious education has been the subject of much discussion since Montessori had intense relationships with other cultures and religious figures from around the world. The author argues that Montes- sori devoted himself to Catholic education; she was linked to this confession until the end of his work and his life.]

Language: Italian

ISSN: 1971-1093, 1971-1131