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Article
Il concetto di libertà nel pensiero di Maria Montessori [part 2]
Publication: Magistero, vol. 11, no. 1
Date: 1967
Pages: 46-54
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Language: Italian
Article
Trying to Jump-Start Toddlers
Available from: TIME Magazine Vault
Publication: TIME Magazine, vol. 127, no. 14
Date: Apr 7, 1986
Pages: 66
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Language: English
ISSN: 0040-781X
Article
Enige overdenkingen bij het artikel van Dr. J. C. Bouman
Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, no. 3
Date: 1965
Pages: 21-24
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Language: Dutch
Article
The Outsider Part Two: The Light of Montessori v. the Gloom of Philosophy
Publication: Montessori Courier, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Apr 1992
Pages: 20–21, 26
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Language: English
ISSN: 0959-4108
Master's Thesis (M. Ed.)
Pre-School Education in the ACT: An Evaluation and Comparison of the Traditional, the Montessori and the Weikart Approaches
Available from: University of Canberra
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Abstract/Notes: Since the 1980s, a variety of pre-school approaches has existed within the ACT Public School System. These approaches are in theory based on different educational ideologies and principles. The Field Study Project evaluates and compares three different educational models; existing classroom processes and procedures, and student achievements in a 'traditional', a modified Montessori and a Weikart pre-school currently operating in the ACT Public School System. Using selected criteria, an analysis of the three educational models, an ecological survey and student assessments were carried out to make the evaluations and comparisons. The analysis of the three educational models indicate different program orientations and instructional preferences in the different models. The ecological survey results suggest that the 'traditional', the modified Montessori and the Weikart approaches identify with the models they are based on. Nevertheless, educational trends and orientations are similar in the three programs, which are predominantly cognitively oriented. In contrast, teaching styles differ slightly. It is significant that the teacher in the 'traditional' program fulfills a more nurturing role, while her colleagues in the modified Montessori and the Weikart programs fulfill more instructional roles. The evaluation and comparison of the student assessments seems to indicate that there are no significant differences in achievement in drawing, specific cognitive tasks and in self-concept development between matched groups of learners in the three pre-schools. The findings support the notion that middle class children enrolled in approved pre-schools develop cognitive abilities regardless of the type of program they attend. The evaluation and comparison of the three existing approaches in the ACT suggests that the pre-school organisation in
Language: English
Published: Canberra, Australia, 1985
Article
La pedagogia montessoriana e l'educazione prescolastica moderna [part 1]
Publication: Vita dell'Infanzia (Opera Nazionale Montessori), vol. 22, no. 4
Date: 1973
Pages: 6-7
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0042-7241
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La pedagogia montessoriana e l'educazione prescolastica moderna [part 2]
Publication: Vita dell'Infanzia (Opera Nazionale Montessori), vol. 22, no. 5
Date: 1973
Pages: 6-8
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0042-7241
Article
Scuola materna e piena educazione [part 2]
Publication: Scuola materna, vol. 63, no. 16
Date: 1976
Pages: 988
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0392-2820
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Scuola materna e piena educazione [part 1]
Publication: Scuola materna, vol. 63, no. 15
Date: 1976
Pages: 917-918
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Language: Italian
ISSN: 0392-2820
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Aspekte einer modernen curricularen und entwicklungspsychologischen Artikulation des Montessori Systems
Publication: Das Kind: Zeitschrift für Montessori-Pädagogik, no. 1
Date: 1972
Pages: 4-14
Developmental psychology, Montessori method of education
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Language: German
ISSN: 0945-5582