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Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Effectiveness of Preschool in Preparing Students for Kindergarten: A Comparison of Early Childhood Curriculum Models
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: Early childhood education has been shown to positively impact future academic performance, as well as social and emotional development. With ever-increasing demands being placed on children's academic performances, school readiness has become a key component of academic success. The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative study was to examine the effectiveness of different early childhood curriculum models in preparing children for kindergarten, and to investigate whether one early childhood curriculum model better prepares students than another. The theoretical framework for the study is based on the developmental constructivist theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson, and Dewey. Kindergarten teachers assessed school readiness by administering the Kindergarten Observation Form. Each student had matriculated from either Montessori, High/Scope, or Reggio Emilia programs or early childhood programs without an identified curriculum model. Kindergarten teachers rated students on 24 items related to areas of cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development. ANOVA and post-hoc tests revealed that students matriculating from programs without an identified curriculum model scored significantly better than their counterparts, F (3,122) = 5.33, p = .002. Implications for social change include improved kindergarten readiness on the part of students, increased awareness by educators as to best practices in early childhood education, and, a move towards understanding the types of environments in which children learn best.
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012
Article
A Recent Visitation [Nancy Rambusch visits Cleveland Montessori School]
Publication: Montessori Information Items News Supplement, vol. 1, no. 3
Date: Jun 1962
Pages: 2
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Language: English
Article
Elder Voices: Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School and Cascade Manor Assisted Living Center [Eugene, Oregon]
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 34, no. 3
Date: 2009
Pages: 363–373
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Die ersten Erfahrungen in der Montessori-Schulklasse [The first experiences in the Montessori school class]
Publication: Montessori-Nachrichten
Date: Nov 1926
Pages: 3-7
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Language: German
Article
Montessori in New Zealand [Makarika School, Ruatoria, NZ]
Publication: Montessori Courier, vol. 2, no. 1
Date: Apr 1990
Pages: 6–7
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Language: English
ISSN: 0959-4108
Article
Montessori in the Public Schools
Publication: Children's House: A Magazine Devoted to the Child and His Education at Home and in School, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: 1971
Pages: 34
Americas, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0009-4137
Article
Standards for Montessori Schools
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 4, no. 8
Date: Nov 1983
Pages: 1-4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
New Schools for Ahmedabad: Montessori Type
Available from: ProQuest - Historical Newspapers
Publication: Times of India (Mumbai, India)
Date: Apr 13, 1932
Pages: 7
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Language: English
Book Section
Margaret Naumburg: Montessorian, Walden School, Progressive Educator
Available from: Springer Link
Book Title: America's Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle
Pages: 217-263
Americas, Margaret Naumburg - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America, Walden School (New York City, 1914-1988)
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Abstract/Notes: After completing her training in 1913, Margaret Naumburg, in her lectures and articles, portrayed a highly emotional and romanticized image of Maria Montessori. Naumburg established several Montessori schools in New York City: at the Henry Street Settlement in 1913; at the Leete School from 1914 to 1916; and in the New York public school system in 1915. Stymied by bureaucracy and inadequate funding, she abandoned her public school experiment. Moving from Montessorian principles, Naumburg identified increasingly with child-centered Progressive education but added a dimension from Jung’s Analytic Psychology which emphasized children’s need to free their emotions through imaginative, creative self-expression through art. She founded her own “Children’s School” in 1916 in New York City, subsequently renamed the Walden School. She is also famous for developing dynamically oriented Art Therapy.
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-54835-3
Series: Historical Studies in Education