Abstract/Notes: The Portland Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education Program is one of three arrangements in the district to offer education for preschool children. Together, the programs enrolled 1,500 students during 1986-87. Although there are some differences among programs, the one located at Kenton School is typical of most. It consists of 3 classrooms, each holding a morning and an afternoon session of 2.5 hours each, with each session having the capacity for 20 students. Each classroom is staffed with a certified teacher and an aide. Other professional staff who were involved included the principal, program coordinator, speech therapist, and community agent. Program costs amounted to approximately 2,000 dollars per year per child. The curriculum covered language, math, small and large motor functions, art and music, and personal and social development. Program activities alternated between large and small group contexts, with student movement around the classroom quite unrestricted except during direct instruction. Many of the techniques replicated those of the Headstart Program and the Montessori method. Data obtained via a rating form containing a large sample of the skills taught in the seven skill areas and via follow-up of children who completed the program indicate that the program helps children master skills and that replication of the program across years has been consistent. Evaluation instruments are appended. (TJH)

Language: English

Published: Portland, Oregon, Aug 1987

Abstract/Notes: This guidebook explains the concept of nongraded primary education and offers examples of successful programs. The first section describes the nongraded primary, which is characterized by developmentally appropriate curricula for primary age children, a heterogeneous community of learners as related to age and ability, support for continuous learning, a commitment to honoring the development of the whole child, and active student involvement. Proponents of the nongraded primary believe that it provides an opportunity for children to succeed rather than fail, enhances cooperation, and increases levels of community support. The second section outlines the changing roles of teachers, principals, central office staff, superintendents, local boards of education, parents, and school and community groups. Suggestions are offered for successful multiage classrooms, as well as teaching strategies for mixed-age grouping and steps for organizing the transition from a traditional to a nongraded

Language: English

Published: Arlington, Virginia: American Association of School Administrators, 1992

ISBN: 0-87652-184-7

Abstract/Notes: This resource book contains a variety of information on multiage practice, and instruction in mixed-age and grade-level classrooms. The first two parts of the book contain 24 reprinted articles: (1) "Ready To Learn: A Seven-Step Strategy"; (2) "On Tracking and Individual Differences: A Conversation with Jeannie Oakes"; (3) "Multiage Grouping"; (4) "Multiage Classrooms: Children Learning at Their Own Speed"; (5) "Multi-Age Programs in Primary Grades"; (6) "Multiage: Why It's Needed"; (7) "Questions and Answers about Multiage Programs"; (8) "The Whys and Hows of the Multi-Age Classroom"; (9) "Off the Track: Children Thrive in Ungraded Primary Schools"; (10) "Multi-Age Classrooms: Option to an Outdated System"; (11) "When Your Principal Asks: What Can I Expect To See in Multi-Age Classrooms?"; (12) "The Country School Comes to Town: A Case Study of Multiage Grouping and Teaching"; (13) "The Gift of Time"; (14) "Ungraded Primaries Begin To Take Over in Kentucky"; (15) "Warm Up to

Language: English

Published: Peterborough, New Hampshire: Society for Developmental Education, 1993

ISBN: 0-9627389-6-4

Abstract/Notes: Specifically see section related to the work of Tagore and his school at Santiniketan which incorporates a Montessori-like method of education. Also published under the title, "Developing a Project Curriculum for Village Schools in India: A Suggestive Method of Procedure."

Language: English

Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina press, 1930

Abstract/Notes: In Diverse Parents, Desirable Schools, Mira Debs offers a detailed study of public Montessori schools, which make up the largest group of progressive schools in the public sector.

Language: English

Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-68253-307-9 978-1-68253-308-6

Language: Italian

Published: Milano, Italy: Marzorati, 1980

Language: German

Published: Bern, Switzerland: Haupt Verlag, 2007

Edition: 1st edition

ISBN: 978-3-258-07092-6

Language: German

Published: Berlin, Germany: LIT Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 978-3-8258-1650-6

Series: Impulse der Reformpädagogik , 24

Abstract/Notes: Written for UNESCO by Maria Montessori.

Language: English

Language: English

Published: Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Sadlier, 1934