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Article
Montessori as an Alternative Early Childhood Education
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 191, no. 7/8 (Early Childhood Theorists and Pioneers)
Date: 2021
Pages: 1196-1206
Comparative education, Culturally responsive teaching, 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.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1832998
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
Book Section
Montessori Education and Inclusion
Book Title: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education
Pages: 479-487
Children with disabilities, Children with visual disabilities, Disabilities, Inclusive education, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Evaluation
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori educators view inclusion as an integral component of the method, as Maria Montessori’s first classrooms were designed to provide sensory stimulation and learning experiences for students deprived of these opportunities due to perceived disabilities. Much has been written on how Montessori’s work began with disabled children and work is underway in Montessori education to include disabled children more seamlessly. This chapter traces the chronology of inclusion in Montessori pedagogy and practice beginning with its historical underpinnings and continuing with a discussion of contemporary practice with a focus on Early Childhood (ages 3 to 6).
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
Article
Partie Pédagogique: Il Partito del Bambino [Educational Party: The Party of the Child]
Publication: Éducateurs et Bulletin Corporatif (Societé Pédagogique De La Suisse Romande)
Date: 1938
Pages: 41-43
Europe, France, Switzerland, Western Europe
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Language: French
Article
New Team Approach by ERO [Education Review Office]
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 27
Date: Sep 2002
Pages: 4
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Language: English
Article
Reconstruction in Education
Publication: The Theosophist, vol. 63, no. 5
Date: Feb 1942
Pages: 355-361
Asia, Educational change, India, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, Montessori method of education, South Asia, Theosophical Society, Theosophy
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Abstract/Notes: Third Convention Lecture, Adyar, 28 December 1941. For the first time Dr. Montessori spoke in deliberate but expressive English throughout the whole of her lecture.
Language: English
ISSN: 0972-1851
Article
Participants, Publicity and Schools: Elements in the Diffusion of American Montessori Education
Publication: American Montessori Society Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 1
Date: 1975
Pages: 1-16
Americas, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, Montessori movement, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0277-9064
Article
Reinventing the Wheel: Seeking Excellence in Education
Publication: Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin
Date: Fall 2009
Pages: 34-36
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Language: English
ISSN: 0011-8044, 2169-5326
Article
Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Models of Early Childhood Education
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: International Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 52, no. 3
Date: 2020
Pages: 337-353
Comparative education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Reggio Emilia approach (Early childhood education) - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Waldorf method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia education remain three of the most popular models for alternative early childhood education. Each of these approaches has developed globally, with a rich history of supporting children’s educational freedom. This narrative analysis provides a means for early childhood educators and scholars to understand the aims, philosophical and theoretical frameworks, historical development, benefits, and challenges in these models and their methods of practice. As early childhood education evolves with technology and as re-conceptualizations about early education occur, an understanding of these alternatives to traditional education models is important. While adaptive options of these models may emerge in education systems across national contexts, this review allows educators to consider their applications and cultural appropriateness in specific local and community contexts.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s13158-020-00277-1
ISSN: 0020-7187, 1878-4658
Article
Learning Disabilities: A Diagnostic and Educational Challenge
Available from: SAGE Journals
Publication: Journal of Learning Disabilities, vol. 13, no. 9
Date: Nov 1980
Pages: 28-31
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Abstract/Notes: Learning disabilities is presented as a construct supported by psychoeducational, socioemotional, and physiological data, as illustrated by the Meeker paradigm. Specific learning abilities as conceived in the Structure of Intellect (S.O.I.) model and identified in the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised are discussed in relation to the psychoeducation area of the Meeker paradigm. The absence of specific S.O.I. learning abilities is proposed in the definition of learning disabilities, and suggestions for remediation are delineated.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1177/002221948001300908
ISSN: 0022-2194, 1538-4780
Article
Popularyzacja metody Marii Montessori na łamach czasopisma 'Wychowanie Przedszkolne' (1925-1939) / Popularization of the method of Maria Montessori in the magazine 'Preschool Education' (1925–1939)
Available from: Przegląd Historyczno-Oświatowy
Publication: Przegląd Historyczno-Oświatowy, vol. 2020, no. 3-4
Date: 2020
Pages: 97-125
Eastern Europe, Europe, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education, Poland
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Abstract/Notes: Aim: The topic of the article is the issue of popularizing the Maria Montessori method in the magazine “Przedszkole Przedszkolne” (1925–1939). The article was divided into five parts. The first presents the magazine “Preschool Education”, its issues and educational and popularizing functions. The second part of the article contains an outline of Maria Montessori’s biography up to 1910. The most important turning point in the life of this outstanding teacher is the year in which she gave up her medical practice and didactic work at the University of Rome, devoting herself entirely to teaching, primarily improving and promoting her own method. The most important for the discussed issue, i.e. the third, fourth and fifth parts include the description and the analysis of articles describing the Montessori method in the pages of Preschool Education, presentation of the section with sets of sense exercises and presentation of critical voices regarding this method, published in this journal. Methods: a critical analysis of sources. Results: an analysis of original articles propagating the Maria Montessori method in the magazine “Preschool Education” (1925–1939), whose founder and editor-in-chief was Maria Weryho-Radziwiłłowicz. Conclusions: In the years 1925–1939, the magazine “Preschool Education” published several articles that were a valuable source of information about the pedagogy of Maria Montessori and the organization of “children’s homes”. The authors of the most important of them were Klara Grunwald, and critical of this method ‒ Zofia Bogdanowiczowa. Importantly, in 1936 a translation of one of Maria Montessori’s lectures was published. The editors of “Preschool Education” placed great emphasis on the issues of pedagogical practice, which is why from the first issue the subject of sensory education was promoted. A huge number of various the so-called sensory exercises, in the form of usually creative suggestions for educators, could however result in the shallowing of the Montessori method as a whole.
Language: Polish
ISSN: 0033-2178