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Taina copiláriei [The secret of childhood]
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Language: Romanian
Published: Bucharest, Romania: Tiparul Universitar, 1938
Edition: [1st edition Romanian]
Book
The Secret of Childhood
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Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1973
Edition: 2. print
Article
Il mistero dell'infanzia secondo M. Montessori [The mystery of childhood according to M. Montessori]
Publication: Rassegna di scienze filosofiche, vol. 14
Date: 1961
Pages: 178-189
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0033-9598
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An Association Between Montessori Education in Childhood and Adult Wellbeing
Available from: Frontiers in Psychology
Publication: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12
Date: 2021
Pages: 721943
Developmental psychology, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Human development, Montessori method of education, Wellbeing
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Abstract/Notes: Wellbeing, or how people think and feel about their lives, predicts important life outcomes from happiness to health to longevity. Montessori pedagogy has features that enhance wellbeing contemporaneously and predictively, including self-determination, meaningful activities, and social stability. Here, 1905 adults, ages 18-81 (M = 36), filled out a large set of wellbeing scales followed by demographic information including type of school attended each year from 2 to 17. About half the sample had only attended conventional schools and the rest had attended Montessori for between 2 and 16 years (M = 8 years). To reduce the variable set, we first developed a measurement model of wellbeing using the survey data with exploratory then confirmatory factor analyses, arriving at four factors: general wellbeing, engagement, social trust, and self-confidence. A structural equation model that accounted for age, gender, race, childhood SES, and years in private school revealed that attending Montessori for at least two childhood years was associated with significantly higher adult wellbeing on all four factors. A second analysis found that the difference in wellbeing between Montessori and conventional schools existed even among the subsample that had exclusively attended private schools. A third analysis found that the more years one attended Montessori, the higher one's wellbeing as an adult. Unmeasured selection effects could explain the results, in which case research should determine what third variable associated with Montessori schooling causes adult wellbeing. Several other limitations to the study are also discussed. Although some of these limitations need to be addressed, coupled with other research, including studies in which children were randomly assigned to Montessori schools, this study suggests that attending Montessori as a child might plausibly cause higher adult wellbeing.
Language: English
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.721943
ISSN: 1664-1078
Article
L'attualità interculturale di Maria Montessori: le infanzie e le lingue nel contesto educativo / Maria Montessori's Intercultural Relevance: Childhoods and Languages in the Educational Context
Available from: Università di Bologna
Publication: Educazione Interculturale, vol. 19, no. 2
Date: 2021
Pages: 46-56
Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: Il contributo intende sondare alcuni tratti della pedagogia e del metodo Montessori di interesse per ripensare gli attuali contesti educativi escolastici sempre più interdipendenti ed eterogenei (Zoletto, 2012). L’individualizzazione nell’apprendimento e la differenziazione sono tensioni costanti nel pensiero di Montessori e si concretizzano nel ruolo dell’ambiente preparato dall’adulto a misuradi ogni bambino, in cui sono organizzati materiali di sviluppo non condizionati daappartenenze culturali (PescieTrabalzini, 2007) e nella pluralità linguistica assunta quale tratto strutturale del contesto (Consalvo, 2020), come avviene in molte scuoledi metodo che stanno sperimentando progetti bilingui. È dall’ambiente secondo Montessori (2000) che i bambini prendono il linguaggio, le abitudini e le caratteristiche della comunità a cui partecipano e per questo gli ambienti scolastici e le atmosfere relazionali costruiti sulla base della unicità e differenza di ognuno sono interculturali (Pesci,2006). Il contributo propone le prime riflessioni scaturite dal lavoro di indagine sull’attualità interculturale di Montessori in prospettiva plurilingue, che èuno dei filoni di ricerca del PRIN (2017) Maria Montessori from the past to the present(Unitàdi ricerca: Bologna, Milano, Roma, Aosta). / This paper will explore some aspects of the Montessori method and pedagogy that are pertinent in rethinking today's increasingly interdependent and heterogeneous educational and school contexts (Zoletto, 2012). Personalized learning and differentiation are constant tensions in Montessori thinking, taking shape in the environment prepared by the adult specifically for each child, where the developmental materials offered are not conditioned by cultural affiliations (Pesci e Trabalzini, 2007) and linguistic plurality is a structural feature of the context (Consalvo, 2020), as occurs in many method schools that are experimenting with bilingual projects. According to Montessori (2000), children acquire language, habits and the characteristics of the community they are part of from the environment, and for this reason school environments and the relational atmospheres based on the uniqueness and differences of each individual are intercultural (Pesci, 2006). The paper offers some initial reflections starting from an investigation of Montessori's intercultural relevance in a multilingual perspective, one of the PRIN (2017) research areas Maria Montessori from the past to the present (Research Units: Bologna, Milan, Rome, Aosta).
Language: Italian
DOI: 10.6092/issn.2420-8175/13899
ISSN: 2420-8175
Article
Contested Childhoods Across Borders and Boundaries: Insights from Curriculum Provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s
Available from: Wiley Online Library
Publication: British Educational Research Journal, vol. 47, no. 4
Date: 2021
Pages: 1021-1038
Europe, Ireland, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Northern Europe, Northern Ireland
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Abstract/Notes: Conceptualisations and constructs of children and childhood are temporally and contextually grounded. Historical documents are rich sources of insight and understanding regarding how children were understood, valued and treated at various times by particular societies. This article explores the conceptualisation of children and childhood in the 26-county Irish Free State (South) and the 6-county Northern Ireland (North) in the 1920s following the partition of Ireland, through the lens of educational documentation, primarily national primary school curricula. The focus on both jurisdictions is interesting in the context of partition, exploring the sometimes divergent and often convergent ways in which children were conceptualised across borders and boundaries. This article reveals, using Sorin and Galloway’s framework as a conceptual and analytical tool, that conceptualisations of children were broadly similar in the North and South but differed in their focus and enactment in both fledgling states. These disparities are largely attributable to the very different political, social and religious orientations of both jurisdictions and the use of education as a vehicle for nation-building, as well as identity and gender formation. The article also explores alternative conceptualisations of children in education policy in the North and South by presenting case study ‘outliers’ of educational provision. A century since partition, conclusions and implications are noted that resonate with contemporary elements of convergence and divergence on educational policy and the conceptualisation of children across the island of Ireland.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3708
ISSN: 0141-1926, 1469-3518
Article
Don't Push Kids Out of Childhood
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 15, no. 3
Date: Summer 1988
Pages: 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
An Introductory View into Childhood Bereavement
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 12, no. 3
Date: Summer 1985
Pages: 25–30
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 11, no. 2
Date: Spring 1984
Pages: 4–7
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
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Understanding Childhood: The Rights of the Child
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 6, no. 3
Date: Summer 1979
Pages: 5-11
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X