For faster results please use our Quick Search engine.
Advanced Search
Search across titles, abstracts, authors, and keywords.
Advanced Search Guide.
Article
Students of Color and Public Montessori Schools: A Review of the Literature
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: 2017
Pages: 1-15
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Literature reviews, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
See More
Abstract/Notes: Students of color comprise a majority in public Montessori school enrollments around the United States, and practitioners are often asked for evidence of the Montessori Method’s benefits for these students. This article examines the relevant literature related to the experiences of students of color in public Montessori schools. Research finds Montessori education offers both opportunities and limitations for students of color in attending diverse schools, developing executive functions, achieving academically, accessing early childhood education and culturally responsive education, minimizing racially disproportionate discipline, and limiting overidentification for special education. Public Montessori education’s efficacy with students of color may be limited by several factors: the lack of diversity of the teaching staff and culturally responsive teacher education, schools that struggle to maintain racially diverse enrollments, and the challenge of communicating Montessori’s benefits to families with alternative views of education. The review concludes with directions for future research.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Culturally Sustaining Practices in Public Montessori Schools: A Landscape of the Literature
Available from: Nipissing University (Canada)
Publication: Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, vol. 16, no. 31
Date: 2022
Pages: 20 p.
See More
Abstract/Notes: This literature review provides a broad examination of the importance of culturally sustaining practices in public Montessori schools. For the purpose of this paper, culturally sustaining practices refers to any pedagogical practice or framework that prioritizes the racial and social identities of children of color, and/or the work that educators must do to strengthen these culturally sustaining practices. Culturally sustaining practices include but are not limited to Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, which Paris (2012) adapted from Ladson-Billings' (1995) Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Specifically examining the experiences that children of color experience in public Montessori education in the U.S., the author proposes that culturally sustaining practices combined with the Montessori method will lead to more humanizing and uplifting school experiences for Montessori families and educators. The research questions guiding the review are: (1) How does public Montessori education intersect with racial justice, social justice, and CSP, specifically as it serves children of color? (2) What is the internal work required of adults who want to employ CSP in their practice with children? The themes that arose from the literature were: the racial and economic challenges facing public Montessori in the U.S.; the varied experiences of Montessori students of color; the need for more social justice and culturally sustaining practices; and the aspects of culturally sustaining practices already existing in Montessori. The paper ends with recommendations for schools and Montessori teacher preparation.
Language: English
ISSN: 1916-8128
Article
Book Reviews: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 7
See More
Language: English
Article
Book Reviews: Witness by Karen Hesse
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 7
See More
Language: English
Article
Book Reviews: To Be a Kid by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 3
Date: 2001
Pages: 5
See More
Language: English
Article
Book Reviews: The Tomb of the Boy King by John Frank
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 6
See More
Language: English
Article
Book Reviews: Rain Player, Story and Pictures by David Wisniewski
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 2
Date: 2001
Pages: 11
See More
Language: English
Article
Kinderboeken [Book reviews]
Available from: Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)
Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, no. 7
Date: Mar 1958
Pages: 12
See More
Language: Dutch
Article
Book Reviews: Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 3
Date: 2001
Pages: 6
See More
Language: English
Article
Book Reviews: Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric A. Kimmel
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 25, no. 2
Date: 2001
Pages: 12
See More
Language: English