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Record of the Kindergarten Movement in South Australia, 1905–1955
Book Title: Jubilee History of the Kindergarten Union of South Australia, 1905-1955
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Language: English
Published: North Adelaide, Australia: Kindergarten Union of South Australia, 1975
ISBN: 978-0-9598450-0-6
Article
The Teacher Educator and the Suffragist: Lillian De Lissa and Muriel Matters' Activism in Australia and the United Kingdom
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: History of Education, vol. 50, no. 6
Date: 2021
Pages: 820-836
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Lillian de Lissa - Biographic sources, Muriel Matters - Biographic sources, Northern Europe, Oceania, United Kingdom
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Abstract/Notes: Focusing on the transnational circulation of ideas about suffrage and education, this article explores the work of suffragist Muriel Matters (1877–1969), and teacher educator Lillian de Lissa (1885–1967). It begins with Matters’ and de Lissa’s childhoods and education in post-suffrage Australia, and their initial work as an actress and kindergarten teacher respectively. The second section focuses on the development of their politics when Matters migrated to England in 1905 and joined the Women’s Freedom League, and de Lissa became the foundation principal of the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College in 1907. The third section discusses their engagement with Maria Montessori’s educational approach, which Matters incorporated into her socialist feminist activism during the First World War, and which led to de Lissa’s recruitment to England as a liberal feminist teacher educator in 1917. The final section highlights their advocacy for Montessori education in the United Kingdom during the interwar years.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/0046760X.2021.1906457
ISSN: 0046-760X, 1464-5130
Article
Leading 'excellence in infant work' in 1920s Australia
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, vol. 38, no. 2
Date: 2018
Pages: 185-196
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Montessori method of education - History, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: This article focuses on Inspector Lydia Longmore and 29 infant mistresses who were leading South Australian infant schools in the interwar year era. During 1926/1927 Longmore and each infant mistress in the state school system were interviewed by a journalist about her career path and current role, and profiles of their work featured week by week in the News, a highly regarded newspaper. These accounts provide valuable insights into the early years of schooling and constitute the data for this article. The first section merges the women educators’ life histories with the development of the state school system in South Australia. The second section profiles their careers and professional networks in 1926/1927: 23 of the infant mistresses were in the capital city of Adelaide and six in large rural townships. The third section focuses on curriculum and pedagogy in the infant schools, as gleaned from the News, curriculum documents and Longmore’s reports. In so doing, the article highlights women educators’ shared commitments to progressive education (including Montessori’s ideas) and their collective advocacy with parents in the state school system. The final section explores some connections and disconnections with the early years of schooling in contemporary times.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2017.1414774
ISSN: 0957-5146
Article
Transnational Advocacy in Education: Maria Montessori's Connections with Australian Women
Available from: Torrossa
Publication: Annali di storia dell'educazione e delle istituzioni scolastiche, vol. 25
Date: 2018
Pages: 181-196
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: This article traces Dr Montessori's personal and professional relationships with selected Australian women from the time of her First International Training course in Rome through to contemporary times. Some studied with Montessori in Europe and others visited her and then established schools and training colleges to disseminate Montessori methods in Australia and the United Kingdom. Australian women also became her publicists in the English-speaking press. In essence, the article highlights the transnational circulation of...
Language: English
ISSN: 1723-9672, 2612-6559
Article
Montessori in Aboriginal Society [Perth, Australia]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 16, no. 2
Date: Spring 1989
Pages: 14, 16, 20
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Australia: Obituary Cynthia Elaine Morris, 15.9.35 to 13-6-95
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 7, no. 3
Date: Dec 1995
Pages: 47
Cynthia Elaine Morris - Biographic sources, Obituaries
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Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
Article
Montessori and the Indigenous Communities of Australia
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 82
Date: Jan 2007
Pages: 18–19
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Oceania
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori Children's Foundation
Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Australian Schools Allowed to Offer Montessori Classes
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 10, no. 1
Date: 2000
Pages: 6
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Together We Can Help Montessori Grow [Victoria, Australia]
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 14
Date: Jun 1999
Pages: 10
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Language: English
Article
Margaret [Homfray], Phoebe [Child] and MEWI [Montessori World Educational Institute, Australia]
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 9, no. 4
Date: 1999
Pages: 14
Margaret Homfray - Biographic sources, Phoebe Child - Biographic sources
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647