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Listening to God with Children: The Montessori Method Applied to the Catechesis of Children

Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education, Religious education

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Language: English

Published: Loveland, Ohio: Treehaus Communications, 2000

Edition: [2nd ed.]

ISBN: 1-886510-14-8 978-1-886510-14-2

Article

Parent Enrollment at Model Children's House [Powder Mill Children's House, Beltsville, Maryland]

Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 11, no. 6

Pages: 1, 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 0889-5643

Article

Children Helping Children in New York [Shoreham-Wading River Middle School, Long Island]

Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 7, no. 6

Pages: 1, 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 0889-5643

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Making Room for Children's Autonomy: Maria Montessori's Case for Seeing Children's Incapacity for Autonomy as an External Failing

Available from: Wiley Online Library

Publication: Journal of Philosophy of Education, vol. 50, no. 3

Pages: 332-350

Maria Montessori - Philosophy

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Abstract/Notes: This article draws on Martha Nussbaum's distinction between basic, internal, and external (or combined) capacities to better specify possible locations for children's ‘incapacity’ for autonomy. I then examine Maria Montessori's work on what she calls ‘normalization’, which involves a release of children's capacities for autonomy and self-governance made possible by being provided with the right kind of environment. Using Montessori, I argue that, in contrast to many ordinary and philosophical assumptions, children's incapacities for autonomy are best understood as consequences of an absence of external conditions necessary for children to exercise capacities they already have internally, rather than intrinsic limitations based on their stage of life. In a closing section, I show how Montessori proposes a model wherein both children and adults have autonomy, power, and responsibility, but over different spheres, and suggest implications of these differences for who has responsibility for establishing the conditions under which children can flourish.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.12134

ISSN: 1467-9752

Article

Montessoribarn är de värsta barnen vi kan få hit [Montessori children are the worst children we can get here]

Publication: Montessori-tidningen (Svenska montessoriförbundet), no. 3

Pages: 26

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Language: Swedish

ISSN: 1103-8101

Article

What Children Love . . . What Children Hate . . .

Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 8, no. 4

Pages: 34–35, 39

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Language: English

ISSN: 1354-1498

Article

Children's House in Cookeville, Tennessee [Montessori Children's House]

Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 5, no. 7

Pages: 4

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Language: English

ISSN: 0889-5643

Archival Material Or Collection

Box 11, Folder 50 - Manuscript Fragments, n.d. - "The New Children - A Miracle in Education / "The New Children - or - New Method"

Available from: Seattle University

Edwin Mortimer Standing - Biographic sources, Edwin Mortimer Standing - Writings

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Language: English

Archive: Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections

Article

English with Non-English Children in a Montessori House of Children [1]

Publication: Around the Child, vol. 3

Pages: 80-84

Children's House (Casa dei Bambini)

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Language: English

ISSN: 0571-1142

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Children’s Preference for Real Activities: Even Stronger in the Montessori Children’s House

Available from: University of Kansas Libraries

Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 4, no. 2

Pages: 1-9

Americas, Montessori method of education - Evaluation, North America, United States of America

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Abstract/Notes: In the United States, children are often given the opportunity to engage in pretend activities; many believe this kind of play benefits children’s development. Recent research has shown, though, that when children ages 4 to 6 are given a choice to do the pretend or the real version of 9 different activities, they would prefer the real one. The reasons children gave for preferring real activities often concerned their appreciation of the functionality; when children did prefer pretend activities, their reasons often cited being afraid of, not allowed to, or unable to do the real activity. Given that children in Montessori classrooms have more experience performing real, functional activities, in this study we asked if this preference for real activities is even stronger among children in Montessori schools. We also asked children to explain their preferences. The data are from 116 3- to 6-year-old children (M = 59.63 months, SD = 12.08 months; 68 female): 62 not in Montessori schools and 54 in Montessori schools. Children explained their preferences for pretendand real versions of 9 different activities. Children in Montessori schools preferred real activities even more than did children in other preschools, but all children explained their choices in similar ways. The implications of these results are discussed with regard to play in preschool classrooms.

Language: English

DOI: 10.17161/jomr.v4i2.7586

ISSN: 2378-3923

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