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Article
The Montessori System and Educational Reform in the Netherlands
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1979, no. 2/3
Date: 1979
Pages: 9–11
Conferences, Educational change, Europe, Holland, International Montessori Congress (19th, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9-13 April 1979), Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Netherlands, Western Europe
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Abstract/Notes: Delivered at the 19th International Montessori Congress, Amsterdam, 1979
Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Book Section
Montessori Education in Puerto Rico
Book Title: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education
Pages: 405-410
Americas, Caribbean, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - History, Puerto Rico
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Abstract/Notes: While Montessori has flourished in small private schools in Puerto Rico since the 1950s, in 1994, the island’s first public school implemented the pedagogy as a vehicle of social transformation to provide high-quality, student-centered education in which teachers, parents, and community leaders play central roles. The success of Juan Ponce de León school ignited a thirty-year-long public Montessori movement which established Montessori programs in 45 public schools (5% of Puerto Rico’s total), created a local training center, and institutionalized a Montessori Secretariat within the Department of Education. This public movement’s achievements in transforming traditionally marginalized communities through education have influenced debates on public education, democratization, and social justice in Puerto Rico and abroad.
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
Doctoral Dissertation
Listening to Young Learners: Applying the Montessori Method to English as an Additional Language (EAL) Education
Available from: British Library - EthOS
Language education, Montessori method of education, Second language education
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Abstract/Notes: With the current immigration and migration trends in Europe and worldwide, English as an Additional Language (EAL) education is becoming a prominent area of educational research. The discourse around EAL and social justice education has, until now, largely focused on primary, secondary, and post compulsory aged students. Preschool aged EAL children have been left out of the academic discourse. Pedagogical approaches need to be explored to marry EAL and social justice for preschool children. Maria Montessori’s pedagogical approach may be able to achieve this unity without compromising the language development that is desired. The following study is a piece of action research, applying the Montessori Method to a group of nine EAL children in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The data gathered suggests that applying Montessori’s approach to EAL education, that of listening to the child and being attentive to hisher needs, gives autonomy to the student, and can promote social justice in preschool EAL education. Listening to the child occurs through ‘observation’ (attentiveness to the child), critical reflection of practice, and experimentation in education. In this way each child receives a customized education that has, at its foundation, respect for the child. Using ‘observation,’ field notes, and researcher reflections, it became apparent that young children are able to communicate their educational needs. TESOL outcomes were used to monitor the rate at which English was learned. Each language journey was vastly different, but regardless of the initial outcomes met, all children demonstrated increases in their comprehension and spoken English. It is important to recognize that children must be listened to and should be considered valued members in their education. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/40
Language: English
Published: Lancashire, England, 2017
Article
FTC Threatens Private Education
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 2, no. 7
Date: Oct 1981
Pages: 1, 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Book
The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Association Montessori Internationale, 1966
Book Section
Montessori Erziehung in Familie, Kinderhaus und Schule [Montessori education in the family, children's homes, and school]
, Clara Grunwald (Author)Book Title: Montessori Erziehung in Familie/Kinderhaus/Schule: Ein Buch für Eltern und Kinderfreunde mit vielen Bildern [Montessori education in the family, children's home and school: A book for parents and friends of children with many pictures]
Pages: 3-41
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Abstract/Notes: Distributed by the Deutsche Montessori-Gesellschaft with the October 1927 issue of their periodical "Montessori-Nachrichten".
Language: German
Published: Berlin, Germany: Deutsche Montessori-Gesellschaft, [1927]
Article
Montessori: Education for the 21st Century
Publication: Communications: Journal of the Association Montessori Internationale (2009-2012), vol. 2009, no. 2
Date: 2009
Pages: 51–62
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Abstract/Notes: Steven Hughes shares his dismay that for most children, education still looks more or less the way it did around the beginning of the 1900s. Technology has fostered false hope; but this is not the key to solving the problems of education. Traditional education is content- centred, involving direct instruction from the teacher—an authority figure. Dr Hughes shares his enthusiasm for the Montessori's accurate observations on human learning, and argues that possibly for the first time the wider world is ready for Montessori.
Language: English
ISSN: 1877-539X
Article
Peace Education and the Transformation of the Teacher
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: 1994
Pages: 3–5
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Language: English
Book Section
Montessori Education and Inclusion
Book Title: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education
Pages: 479-487
Children with disabilities, Children with visual disabilities, Disabilities, Inclusive education, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - Evaluation
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori educators view inclusion as an integral component of the method, as Maria Montessori’s first classrooms were designed to provide sensory stimulation and learning experiences for students deprived of these opportunities due to perceived disabilities. Much has been written on how Montessori’s work began with disabled children and work is underway in Montessori education to include disabled children more seamlessly. This chapter traces the chronology of inclusion in Montessori pedagogy and practice beginning with its historical underpinnings and continuing with a discussion of contemporary practice with a focus on Early Childhood (ages 3 to 6).
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
Conference Paper
Negro Culture and Early Childhood Education
Available from: ERIC
Montessori Centennial Conference
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Abstract/Notes: Most compensatory early childhood programs are based on an assumption of linguistic and cognitive deficits which must be remedied if the Negro child is to succeed in school, but much collected data questions this assumption. The language of many lower class Negro children has been shown to be well-ordered and highly structured, although the dialect differs from standard English. A body of literature has appeared which terms the Negro mother inadequate, but newer insight, illustrated by the work of Virginia Heyer Young, recognizes that the Negro has a culture and life style which is meaningful and well-defined. Culture and race are too often used interchangeably, and early intervention programs have been created which are ethnocentric and lack cross-cultural perspective. Suggestions are given for ways in which the school needs to be restructured to take advantage of these observed cultural differences, particularly in regard to language and reading. Intervention is seen as necessary, but it should assume a culture conflict, rather than a culture deficit, viewpoint.
Language: English
Published: New York, New York: American Montessori Society, Jun 1970
Pages: 17 p.