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Doctoral Dissertation
Knowledge and attitudes of Montessori teachers of young children as a context for guiding normalization and self-construction process
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate the degree of agreement between AMI trained Montessori teachers' knowledge and attitudes and Montessori's recommendations for guiding the process of normalization among young children and (2) to discover the reasons for differences from those recommendations. Normalization is the central process in the Montessori method. Except for a study by this investigator (Zener, 1993) guiding the process of normalization had not been researched since Montessori's work some forty-five to eighty-five years ago. Therefore, this investigation also provided current teacher experiences of guiding the process of normalization. One hundred sixty five Montessori teachers attending various regional and national conferences were surveyed with knowledge and attitude scales. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10% of the participants. Mean scale scores from 4.0 to 5.0 on a five degree Likert scale and a SD less than 1.0 were projected as satisfactory levels of agreement with Montessori's recommendations. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the scales, and content analysis was used to analyze the interviews. T-tests and ANOVAS indicated that demographic variables were not significant to the results. The study concluded that AMI trained Montessori teachers reflected a satisfactory degree of agreement with the recommended knowledge and attitudes (M = 4.25, SD =.31 and M = 4.50, SD =.34 respectively). Knowledge and attitude correlated (p $<$.01). Reasons for differences among teachers' knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process included using other aspects of Montessori theory, disagreement with Montessori, difficulty in carrying out the theory in practice, misinterpretations of scale items, and misunderstandings about Montessori's recommendations for guiding the process of normalization. Implications for children, teachers, parents, school administration, and teacher education included validation of teachers for the high level of consistency in their reflections on guiding the process of normalization. Recommendations for future research included developing a more complete theoretical understanding of the process of normalization, particularly the importance of respecting children's spans of concentration.
Language: English
Published: College Park, Maryland, 1994
Article
Art Expo '96: Celebrating the Creativity of Children [Maple Knoll Village retirement community, Cincinnati, Ohio]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 8, no. 3
Date: 1996
Pages: 29
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Book Section
Child and God
Book Title: Creative Development in the Child: The Montessori Approach
Pages: 288-294
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, Religious education, South Asia, Spirituality
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori lectured in Italian during the first International Montessori Course in 1939 at Madras, India. These 75 lectures were translated into English by her son Mario, as she spoke. And were taken down near verbatim in short hand, transcribed and set into galleys overnight. One such set of proofs forms the original manuscript for this book. For the most part, each chapter in this book encompasses a single lecture. The lectures are left in the same order as they were given, swinging between psychology and the use of the materials. India’s diversity of language, social custom and religious practice enriched her research. During this time, Dr. Montessori worked with children in Madras and put into practice her theories of adapting the environment, furniture and the Practical Life materials to local conditions. In these lectures, Maria Montessori speaks with the mature wisdom of a lifetime spent studying, not just early childhood, but human development as a whole and gives a complete, wonderful and colorful overview of her pedagogy and philosophy.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2020
ISBN: 978-90-79506-52-1
Series: The Montessori Series , 24
Article
Practical Life–The Child's "Work"
Publication: Montessori NewZ, vol. 3
Date: Sep 1996
Pages: 6+
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Abstract/Notes: With correction in December 1996 issue (no. 4), p. 10.
Language: English
Doctoral Dissertation
Situated Teaching: Personal, Cultural, and Contextual Early Childhood Schooling
Available from: University of Illinois - IDEALS
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Abstract/Notes: These findings suggest the following implications for teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and reformers. With growing interest in teacher collaboration within already over-burdened systems, understanding school identity is becoming more important to educators. Understanding schools as places where teachers learn to teach can prevent indoctrination. Greater awareness of situated notions about what constitutes good teaching makes implicit values more visible so that they may be examined and reformed. I argue that a search for essential characteristics of good teaching over-simplifies the complexity of teaching. Broadening notions of teaching to include work outside the classroom such as talk about teaching, peer observation, and joint problem setting and solving would enlighten teacher self-evaluation.
Language: English
Published: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 2006
Book
The New Children: Talks with Dr. Maria Montessori
Available from: Internet Archive
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Language: English
Published: London, England: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920
Article
Yōji kyōiku ni okeru kaikaku / 幼児教育における改革 [Early Childhood Education Reform]
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 6
Date: 1974
Pages: 84-88
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Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220
Article
Supporting the Dyslexic Child in the Montessori Environment
Publication: Montessori Australia eArticle, vol. 2015, no. 4
Date: 2015
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Language: English
Article
Why Is My Child Scrubbing Tables–Again? The Montessori Practical-Life Curriculum
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 3, no. 5
Date: 1995
Pages: 20
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Book
What You Should Know About Your Child: Based on Lectures Delivered by Maria Montessori
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Language: English
Published: Madras, India: Kalakshetra, [1966]
Edition: [2nd Kalakshetra ed.]