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Exploring the Social Logic of Preschool Environments Structured with Waldorf, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia: A Semantic and Syntactic Study on Preschool Environments
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Space Syntax Symposium (13th, 20-24 June 2022)
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Abstract/Notes: Kindergartens are socio-spatial organizations with their social and cultural as well as their spatial structures which prepare children to be responsible members of the society. In the ear ly years of the twentieth century, the issue of how to raise new generations was one of the primary research areas of many educational scientists, especially in Europe, and therefore different progressive pedagogical methods were generated. Among these views, the Waldorf pedagogical approach developed by Rudolf Steiner, Montessori pedagogical approach developed by Maria Montessori, and Reggio Emilia pedagogical approach developed by Loris Malaguzzi became prominent. Although these three pedagogical approaches have a common view that the child should be accepted as an individual with his/her rights, each of them involved different physical environment requirements in the context of their educational philosophies. The projects obtained in an architectural design studio course constitute the focus of this paper and it aims to decipher the semantic and syntactic characteristics based on twelve student projects. The semantic dimension of the study was revealed by coding the related themes through students' project reports while the syntactic dimension of the study demonstrated the prioritized social interaction area through isovist area and variance values. Considering the semantic results, it was revealed that the students not only comprehended the spatial requirements of a specific educational pedagogy but also grasped the transformative power of the methods, in terms of physical, social, and natural characteristics. Considering the syntactic results, the fact that the mean isovist area value was higher in Reggio Emilia schools showed that the piazza dominates the physical setting. The fact that the school cluster with the highest variance value emerged in Montessori draws attention to the changeability of isovist perimeter value within the interiors to orientate the individuals to the classroom units.
Language: English
Published: Bergen, Norway: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2022
Pages: 25 p.
Article
How Montessori Appealed to a School Manager [St. Mary's Church School, Islington]
Publication: Montessori Notes, vol. 2, no. 2
Date: Mar 1935
Pages: 26
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Language: English
Article
The Montessori School of Tokyo: Building a Truly International School
Publication: Montessori Leadership
Date: 2004
Pages: 5–6, 8–9
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Language: English
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Experiences of Three Dutch Teachers in a Montessori-School in California [Sophia Montessori School, Santa Monica]
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1962, no. 3/4
Date: 1962
Pages: 10–11
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Montessori Milestones [Lillian Mullane, Joy Turner, Lexington (MA) Montessori School, The Montessori School (Albuquerque, NM), teacher education scholarships]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 5, no. 4
Date: 1993
Pages: 8–9
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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School Recognition, School Consultation
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 22, no. 3
Date: May 2009
Pages: 6
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Language: English
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The First Charter: Little School on the Bluff Is Big Story [Bluffview Montessori School, Winona, Minnesota]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 6, no. 4
Date: 1994
Pages: 32–33
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Amid Budget Shortfall, a Visionary Loses His School [InterCultura Montessori Foreign Language School, Oak Park, Illinois]
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 2
Date: Winter 2005
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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The Montessori Erdkinder: Three Abstracts [Montessori de Terra Linda, San Rafael, CA; Hershey Montessori School, Concord Township, OH; Lake Country School, Minneapolis, MN]
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: Fall/Winter 1993
Pages: 172–182
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Describes three projects: (1) the Laufenburg Ranch Project, a historical organic farm and agricultural and environmental education center; (2) the Hershey Montessori School's efforts to teach adolescents about the earth; and (3) the Lake Country School, which developed a farm campus and nature center as an integral part of its educational program.
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
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Montessori Milestones [Chiaravalle Montessori School, Evanston, IL; Wyoming Valley Montessori School, Kingston, PA; AMS scholarships]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: 1993
Pages: 15–16
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040