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Article
Montessori Represented at Awards Launch [Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships]
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 10, no. 2
Date: 2000
Pages: 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effects of Discussion Groups on Teacher Confidence and Comfort-Level with Anti-Bias Education at a Private Urban Montessori School
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This action research was conducted to examine the effects of peer discussion groups on the comfort and confidence of lower-elementary Montessori teachers in conducting literature based anti-bias lessons. The intervention was conducted in a private, urban, Montessori school, serving students from toddler to middle school. The participants of this study were five first-third grade teachers, including the participant researcher. Data was collected through pre- and postintervention surveys, teacher post-lesson self-assessments, transcription coding of discussion groups, and researcher self-reflection rating scale and journal prompts. Three discussion groups were scheduled two weeks apart, with teachers giving literature-based, anti-bias lessons between the first and second discussion groups and the second and third discussion groups. Data indicated that teachers became more comfortable and confident in their anti-bias teaching practice and that the discussion groups created a space for reflective dialogue. The action plan suggests that this intervention could have a farther reach if it were conducted for a longer period of time, across a wider age range, and in multiple schools.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2020
Master's Thesis
Motivační struktura k pohybové aktivitě u žáků ve vybrané soukromé škole / Motivational structure for physical activity for pupils in a selected private school
Available from: Univerzita Karlova Institutional Repository
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Abstract/Notes: The diploma thesis is focused on finding the motivational structure for physical aktivity of a specific group of children from a selected private primary school. These students are attending first through ninth grade, therefore attending both lower primary and upper primary school. Based on their classes, they have been divided into three examined groups. The first group consists of pupils of younger school age, pupils of the first through third grade, the second group consists of pupils of middle school age, which includes pupils of the fourth to sixth grade and the last third group consists of pupils of older school age, which corresponds age of pupils in the seventh to ninth year of compulsory school attendance. Due to my pedagogical work as a teacher at this school, the pupils were deliberately chosen from the Private Primary School and Kindergarten Viva Bambini s.r.o. based in České Budějovice. This school teaches according to the principles of an Italian doctor, anthropologist, and pedagogue Maria Montessori. The aim of the diploma thesis is, by processing statistical data from a questionnaire survey submitted to both school students and their legal guardians (parents), to determine the motivational factors that lead them to physical activity. From their answers, I find out what influence... / Diplomová práce je zaměřena na zjištění motivační struktury k pohybové aktivitě specifické skupiny dětí z vybrané soukromé základní školy. Jedná se o žáky docházející na první i druhý stupeň, tedy žáky první až deváté třídy, kteří jsou rozděleni podle tří věkových kategorií do třech zkoumaných skupin. První skupinu tvoří žáci mladšího školního věku, tedy žáci první až třetí třídy, druhá skupina se skládá z žáků středního školního věku, kam spadají žáci čtvrté až šesté třídy a poslední třetí skupinu tvoří žáci staršího školního věku, která odpovídá věku žáků v sedmém až devátém ročníku povinné školní docházky. Žáci jsou, vzhledem k mému pedagogickému působení coby pedagoga na této škole, záměrně vybráni, a to z důvodu dobré dostupnosti ze Soukromé základní školy a mateřské školy Viva Bambini s. r. o. se sídlem v Českých Budějovicích. Tato škola vyučuje dle zásad a principů italské lékařky, antropoložky a pedagožky Marie Montessori. Cílem diplomové práce je, pomocí zpracování statistických dat z dotazníkového šetření, předloženého jak žákům školy, tak i jejich zákonným zástupcům (rodičům), zjistit motivační faktory, které je vedou k pohybové aktivitě. Z jejich odpovědí zjišťuji, jaký vliv k pohybové aktivitě u těchto dětí mají motivační faktory, které na ně působí ze strany rodiny, kamarádů ale také...
Language: Czech
Published: Prague, Czechia, 2022
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Academic Achievement: Montessori and Non-Montessori Private School Settings
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to describe the extent to which sixth grade elementary school students in Montessori school settings and sixth grade elementary school students in non-Montessori school settings differ with regard to academic achievement as measured by the Ninth Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Schools that are certified as "Montessori" must meet stringent requirements and although the Montessori philosophy has been implemented in the United States for a number of years, little research has documented its effectiveness, at least as based on students' scores on standardized tests. In the Rio Grande Valley, few Montessori schools are in place and even fewer administer such assessments. A causal-comparative research design with matched pairs was used to describe the difference in academic achievement of sixth grade elementary school students in Montessori school settings with sixth grade elementary school students in non-Montessori school settings. Archival data were analyzed using five separate t-tests for paired samples in which the raw scores for reading, mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies were the dependent variables for achievement for both sixth grade elementary school students in Montessori school settings and sixth grade elementary school students in non-Montessori school settings as measured by the ninth edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. The results indicate that the academic achievement in reading and mathematics of sixth grade elementary school students who have attended Montessori school settings is statistically significantly higher than the academic achievement in reading and mathematics of sixth grade elementary school students who have attended non-Montessori school settings. The knowledge gained from this study might assist educators and parents in search of the most effective education to offer children. It will also extend knowledge of Montessori and the effects that it has on the academic achievement of children.
Language: English
Published: Houston, Texas, 2008
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Effect of Seesaw Technology on Parent Engagement at Private Montessori Schools
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: The researchers looked at how using Seesaw technology, in a six-week parent education intervention, would affect parent engagement with their children in learning at home as well as parent understanding of Montessori principles. The research participants were 31 parents and 2 teachers at two private, urban Montessori schools. Data was collected through pre and postintervention questionnaires, teacher logs of parent questions, and Seesaw usage data. Through the intervention, we saw parent knowledge of Montessori principles, parent engagement, parent efficacy, and parent confidence in Montessori education beyond preschool increase. Parents also enjoyed interacting with each other as a community of parents, building a school community. The research supports Seesaw as an effective tool for parent education in today’s digital world. Technology is something that is familiar to today’s parent and can be utilized more specifically and intentionally by schools to connect parents to student learning activities, to their community, and to encourage their own growth as parents. This growth was demonstrated by a shift in parents’ focus from the external (child’s behavior) to the internal (adult’s role in preparing the environment) consistent with Montessori’s prepared adult
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2018
Article
Private Schools Unify in New York
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Jan 1983
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
Would You Send Your Child to a "New" School?: They're the New Breed of Private School-Strictly Non-Establishment, Where Children May Learn in French, or by Touch, or Not No to Class at All
Available from: ProQuest - Women's Magazine Archive
Publication: Chatelaine, vol. 41, no. 8
Date: Aug 1968
Pages: 15, 65-68
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Language: English
ISSN: 0009-1995
Article
Montessori Private Education
Publication: Montessori Matters
Date: 1986
Pages: 18–20
Australasia, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Oceania, Private schools
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Language: English
Article
Parent's Roles and Responsibilities in a Privately Funded Centre
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 17
Date: Mar 2000
Pages: 8
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Language: English
Article
Leveling the Playing Field: Administaff Provides Small Private Schools with Big Boost in Benefits
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 12, no. 2
Date: 2003
Pages: 26
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246