Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Abstract/Notes: Dr. Maria Montessori, the Italian educator, arrived in Los Angeles today to open an educational course under the joint auspices of the Montessori Alumnae and the Los Angeles Chautauqua association. The course will be opened this evening at a reception to be tendered Madame Montessori this evening at the Clark hotel where she is staying during her visit in this city. It is a lecture course and will be of about six weeks' duration. It is probable that because her classes are filled in this course she will open another course under the Chautauqua auspices and that the lectures under the new course will be given during May, June, and July.

Language: English

Language: English

Published: Boston, Massachusetts: AMI-USA, 2000

Pages: 68-74

Abstract/Notes: Special issue of NAMTA Journal

Language: English

Published: Cleveland, OH: North American Montessori Teachers' Association, 2012

Edition: Supplement

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to identify competencies for the professional component of a program for preparing nursery school teachers in Guyana. It incorporated a definition of the purposes of the national Nursery Education Program in Guyana and a definition of the behaviors associated with teaching in the nursery schools through: (1) A review of the literature encompassing programs for young children; roles of teachers in programs for young children; competencies for teachers of young children and competency-based teacher education. (2) The development of an interview schedule to gather data about the purposes of nursery schools and the behaviors associated with teaching in the nursery schools in Guyana. (3) Use of the interview schedule to conduct personal interviews with uncertified teachers, certified teachers, supervisors, parents and lecturers attached to the Nursery Education Program in Guyana. (4) Content analysis of the responses to the interview questions. The data indicated that the respondents were aware of the purposes of nursery schools and what constitutes effective teaching in these schools. The information generated through the analysis provided the basis for the formulation of competencies for nursery school teachers in Guyana. The identified competencies are overarching; stated as behaviors to be demonstrated by certified nursery school teachers; and are categorized under the goals of the Guyana Nursery Education Program.

Language: English

Published: New York City, New York, 1982

Language: English

Published: Porto, Portugal: International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2022

Pages: 75-88

DOI: 10.22492/issn.2758-0989.2022.6

Abstract/Notes: Från att ha varit en tämligen marginell företeelse vid 1900-talets början, har förskolan blivit en angelägenhet för en stor del av den svenska befolkningen. Idag deltar mer än 90 procent av alla barn mellan två och sex år i offentligt finansierad förskole- och barnomsorgsverksamhet. Avsikten med föreliggande antologi är att belysa olika aspekter av denna avgörande utveckling. Bland författarna märks både de som bidragit till att definiera forskningsfältet, såväl nationellt som internationellt, och de vars bidrag illustrerar mer sentida utvecklingstendenser inom området. I fokus för antologin står tre teman som varit centrala både i förskolans historia och dess historieskrivning: stat, yrkeskår och individ. Bland de ämnen som behandlas återfi nns den svenska barnträdgårdsrörelsens historia, Montessoripedagogiken reception under mellankrigstiden, utvecklingen av pedagogiska leksaker och den statliga televisionens betydelse för förskolesektorns expansion. Tack vare den inledande introduktionen till förskolans historieskrivning, och den avslutande bibliografi n med närmare 200 poster, utgör volymen också en god introduktion till ett mycket vitalt forskningsfält. [From being a rather marginal phenomenon at the beginning of the 20th century, preschool has become a matter for a large part of the Swedish population. Today, more than 90 percent of all children between the ages of two and six participate in publicly funded preschool and childcare activities. The purpose of the present anthology is to shed light on various aspects of this crucial development. Among the authors are both those who have contributed to defining the field of research, both nationally and internationally, and those whose contributions illustrate more recent development trends in the field. The focus of the anthology is three themes that have been central to both the preschool's history and its history writing: state, profession and individual. Among the topics covered are the history of the Swedish kindergarten movement, the Montessori pedagogy reception during the interwar period, the development of educational toys and the importance of state television for the expansion of the preschool sector. Thanks to the introductory introduction to preschool history writing, and the concluding bibliography with almost 200 entries, the volume is also a good introduction to a very vital field of research.]

Language: Swedish

Published: Uppsala, Sweden: Swedish Science Press, 2011

ISBN: 978-91-977312-9-4

Series: Opuscula Historica Upsaliensia , 44

Abstract/Notes: Address read at All-India Conference of Educational Associations, Madras, 1958

Language: English

ISSN: 0571-1142

Abstract/Notes: The New Boyland, overlooking Santa Barbara, the channel, and the encircling hills and mountains, is rapidly nearing completion and will be open to visitors for the first time on the afternoon of October first, when all are invited to call between the hours of 3 o'clock and early evening. The Boyland course for the coming year will follow the Montessori method; it will, in fact, be a Montessori school, with slight deviations from the straight course for some of the more advanced students. Mr. Hopkins' methods at Boyland in the past have been in keeping with the ideas of Dr. Montessori; he has attended her classes and followed the development of her work, so that the establishment of her materials and methods in full is quite a natural outcome in the development of Boyland, where the method of individual child study has always prevailed. New To The West. Most people associate this method with very young children, and it is not generally known that the famous Italian doctor has for several years been working out an advanced method for older children, and teaching the method to teachers in San Diego. A few eastern schools are now using the advanced materials, but hitherto the full method and its accompanying materials have not been introduced in the west. The equipment in ingeniously contrived, and is much more interesting to the average adult than that used in the primary classes. These materials will soon arrive in Santa Barbara and will be shown at the reception and their uses explained by Mrs. Mollie Price Cook and Mrs. Rose Travis, both of Los Angeles, who are members of the Boyland faculty. They are graduates of the advanced Montessori classes and have had wide teaching experience in the south. Their perfect demonstrations will doubtless correct some wrong impressions of the method. The fall term at Boyland will open October 8, and girls as well as boys will be enrolled. In addition to the usual boarding school there will be a day school, with classes for children three to six and six to ten years of age. No new pupils over ten years old will be admitted. The day is from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. A hot dinner will be served at noon in the airy big dining room on top of the house, at tables to suit the size of the children dining at them. The younger children will have naps if necessary, and everything will be provided to round out a perfect child's day. There will be all kinds of games, music, and plenty of time for play. There are two big gymnasiums, one in the open and the other forming a part of the great auditorium. Vegetable and flower gardens to work in will provide interesting tasks for the little people, and there will be a museum and park, with tagged exhibits and rare plants and trees, to teach them vocabulary. In addition to the Montessori work, modeling, drawing and basketry will be taught. Many Fine Details. The new building is imposing and interesting. It is absolutely fireproof, has indirect lighting, is steam heated and has been constructed with more than usual attention to ventilation. The little apartments for the resident children include a small study, with well-lighted desk, a long treasure box in which to stow away belongings, with cushions on top to form a couch; a lavatory, a closet and a bedroom which may be thrown open like a sleeping porch and into which the rain cannot come even in the stormiest of weather. The walls and ceilings are in a neutral tone, and color will be introduced in hangings, rugs, etc. No opportunity has been lost to let in the outdoors at every point, and great windows frame the beauty of the view, which stretches away in panoramic beauty on all sides. Each area of the loggia frames an unforgettable picture, some of which are like glimpses of foreign landscape. The main building includes the auditorium, with large stage, the back of which opens wide to the grandeur of the view; the "gym," with its glass swimming pool; reception room; private offices; library; club rooms for the men and women employees; dining room, and attractive, model sanitary kitchen and pantries. One of the features is a group of little shops, where the children will be taught salesmanship and the keeping of accounts. The great map of the world is nearing completion; recently the volcano craters have been equipped with the necessary apparatus to enable them to belch forth fire and smoke; and the river sources have been supplied with the means of regulating their flow of water. The orange orchard has been set out, and many shrubs and trees planted. The classrooms are being furnished and put in order, and by the first of the month will be ready to receive the guests of the school.

Language: English

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246