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Article
New Training Centre Opens in Jordan
Publication: Montessori Today (London), vol. 1, no. 6
Date: Nov/Dec 1988
Pages: 26
Asia, Jordan, Middle East, Trainings, Western Asia
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Language: English
ISSN: 0952-8652
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A National Montessori Centre
Available from: The Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive - Gale
Publication: The Times Educational Supplement (London, England)
Date: Dec 30, 1920
Pages: 674
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Language: English
ISSN: 0040-7887
Article
Interaction or Interruption? Five Child-Centred Philosophical Perspectives
Available from: SAGE Journals
Publication: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 37, no. 4
Date: 2012
Pages: 29-33
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Abstract/Notes: This study investigated early childhood educators' beliefs regarding whether and when they should interact with children. Interviews were conducted with five educators chosen for their alignment with five distinct philosophical approaches representing a range of contemporary early childhood education services in New Zealand. A qualitative approach was used to elicit their individual stories to delve into the complexities of child-centred interactions., The literature reviewed highlighted an apparent tension between developmental and sociocultural perspectives, namely the issue of whether and when educators choose to interact with children. However, this study suggests that such tension is nullified when educators align their daily practice with clear philosophical guidelines.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1177/183693911203700405
ISSN: 1836-9391, 1839-5961
Article
Creating High-Quality Early Childhood Education in Rwanda: Teacher Dispositions, Child-Centred Play, and Culturally Relevant Materials
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 190, no. 15
Date: 2020
Pages: 2437-2448
Africa, Culturally responsive teaching, East Africa, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract/Notes: Overcoming challenges to quality early education in developing nations, TEACH Rwanda, one high-performing education system, offers a model of childhood learning through sensitive teacher dispositions, child-centred play, and culturally relevant materials. This manuscript provides a unique window into the practices of a quality early childhood system in Rwanda and articulates how these high-quality approaches to early childhood education can be executed successfully in developing nations with limited resources. The guidelines for practice and illustrations from real classrooms are relevant for a range of educators around the world. One key to success is the programmes’ homegrown professional development approach featuring Rwandans teaching Rwandans, which builds capacity within the system. The professional development description encourages administrators and directors to establish such programmes which can successfully build capacity and sustainability within their schools.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2019.1578760
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
Article
A Renaissance for Islamic Education: Al-Hidayah Islamic Pre-school Centre in Malaysia
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Islamic Studies, vol. 33, no. 1
Date: 1994
Pages: 83-95
Asia, Australasia, Malaysia, Religious education, Religious education, Southeast Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Malaysia is a country with approximately 53% Muslims. The rest of the population belong to different religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. Due to religious and ethnic pluralism and a cultural antagonism inside the society, the Muslims have been virtually forced to adopt alternative thinking and to make new experiments in order to keep in line with the Chinese. Malaysia is, in an Islamic context, an interesting country. In the rural areas where the Malay population is in majority, syncre tic religious practices such as Muslim Shamanism, magic and healing are still common.1 Urban areas, on the other hand, are marked by a more intellectual approach towards Islam, due partially to the great number of Muslim students who pursue their post-graduate studies overseas. The Chinese form the economically strongest group in Malaysia, and have thus tended to be in control of the private schools with the highest intellectual levels. The establishment of private schools is growing and competition is strong to get students. Many Malays from the upper strata of society have therefore sent their children to schools run by Chinese...
Language: English
ISSN: 0578-8072
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Un'epistemologia child-centred per una nuova cosmopoli. Note di filosofia dell'infanzia
Available from: MeTis Journal
Publication: MeTis. Mondi educativi. Temi, indagini, sugestioni, vol. IV, no. 2
Date: Dec 2014
Pages: [unpaged]
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Abstract/Notes: Il contributo prende le mosse dalla proposta di una ‘filosofia dell’infanzia’, avanzata negli anni Ottanta del Novecento da Matthew Lipman e Gareth Matthews. In questa concezione l’infanzia dovrebbe essere considerata come una dimensione dell’esperienza umana (e, quindi, non solo come una fase evolutiva) da esplorare con indagini filosofiche autonome. Collocandosi in questa cornice, l’articolo argomenta che persino nella conoscenza scientifica (che sembra essere l’impresa solo adulta par excellence) si dovrebbe riconoscere il ruolo del modo di pensare e conoscere tipico dei bambini. Ciò favorirebbe quel passaggio dalla razionalità alla ragionevolezza che Stephen Toulmin invoca al fine di edificare una nuova cosmopoli, superando i fallimenti della modernità cartesiana. Nella scia di alcune nozioni di Dewey e Merleau-Ponty si delinea l’idea di una epistemologia child-centred e se ne chiarisce il significato per gli scenari attuali. / The paper takes its cue from the proposal of a ‘philosophy of childhood’, put forward in the 1980s by Matthew Lipman and Gareth Matthews. In this view, ‘childhood’ should be considered as a dimension of human experience (and, therefore, more than just a developmental phase) which should be explored through autonomous philosophical inquiries. Against this backdrop, the paper argues that even in scientific knowledge (which seems to be the ‘adults only’ enterprise par excellence) the role of the way of thinking and knowing typical of childhood should be recognized. This would foster that switch from rationality to reasonableness to which Stephen Toulmin has appealed in order to build a new cosmopolis, overcoming the failures of the Cartesian modernity. In the wake of some tenets of Dewey and Merleau-Ponty the idea of a child-centred epistemology is delineated and its significance for contemporary scenarios highlighted.
Language: Italian
DOI: 10.12897/01.00062
ISSN: 2240-9580
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The Origins and Development of Child-Centred Education: Implications for Classroom Management
Available from: Sabinet African Journals
Publication: Educare (South Africa), vol. 32, no. 1-2
Date: 2003
Pages: 222-239
Africa, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract/Notes: Since 1994 far-reaching curriculum changes in the form of an Outcomes-based Education (OBE) approach to schooling have been put into practice in South Africa. One of the pillars of OBE is a child (learner)-centred approach, that has an impact on virtually every aspect of classroom management. The question that arises is: what is a child-centred approach and what are its implications for classroom management? This article traces the broad issues surrounding the origins of a child-centred approach and investigates the implications of the implementation of a child-centred approach for classroom management. It concludes that child-centred teaching is still more rhetoric than reality in South Africa, because of certain constraints faced by educators. Constraints educators have to deal with in their classrooms, such as class size and inadequate training label education as child-conscious rather than child-centred.
Language: English
ISSN: 0256-8829
Article
The Montessori Training Centre for Village Schools in Yeotmal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Publication: Around the Child, vol. 3
Date: 1958
Pages: 76-79
Asia, India, South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
ISSN: 0571-1142
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The Montessori Training Centre for Village Schools in Yeotmal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1957, no. 3/4
Date: 1957
Pages: 38–42
Asia, India, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Montessori Language Materials and Impact on Preschoolers' Language Development in Early Childhood Care and Development Centres (ECCDC) in Lagos State Nigeria
Available from: University of Lagos Library (Nigeria)
Publication: African Journal of Education and Behavioural Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Jun 2016
Pages: 78-91
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Abstract/Notes: Languagge is one of the facilities that Preschoolers acquire in their early years and this is made possible by the interaction that they have with their environments - be it home, school where they grow and interact. To acquire language and develop vocabularies for communication, Montessori Language materials become invaluable tools for building and enhancing language versatility among preschoolers. Montessori materials like Large and Small Movable Alphabet boxes help in word building, while word lists help in vocabulary acquisition on a large scale. The study adopted descriptive survey and Quazi-experimental design. Four ECCDC were selected for the study; out of which two were used as experimental classes while the other two were used as control group. A total of 286 pupils from Lagos Education District 4 and 6 constituted the sample for the study. The treatment group was exposed to teaching and learning using the Montessori Language Materials (Large and Small Movable Alphabet boxes, word lists, phrases and sentence cards, etc.). The control group was also exposed to teaching and learning using the conventional instructional strategy. Instruments used for data collection were Public School Teachers' Questionnaire (PSTQ) and Pupils' Language Achievement Worksheets (PLAW). Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as simple percentages, mean and standard deviation, whilst independent t-test and ANCOVA were used to test the hypotheses formulated. The study revealed that majority of the teachers in the study had no adequate preparation for the level of education where they teach; that the pupils that had practical sessions using Montessori Language Materials performed better in spelling, word building and reading activities and had larger number of vocabulary acquisition than their peers in the control group. The study also revealed that most of the teachers had no Montessori training and as such, they were unable to implement Montessori methods in their classrooms. Therefore, the recommendations include: that teachers should make the learning of language more practical by the use of diverse instructional materials that are age appropriate and allow pupils the opportunity to find out things for themselves. In addition, professional preparation of the early years' teachers should be extensive as to embrace and inculcate best practices in the course of their training so that they can be skillful and resourceful in dispensing their duties in the classrooms.
Language: English
ISSN: 2536-7382