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Doctoral Dissertation
A Study of Pre-School Education in the Republic of Ireland with Particular Reference to Those Pre-Schools Which are Listed by the Irish Pre-School Playgroups Association in Cork City and County
Available from: British Library - EthOS
Comparative education, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Europe, Ireland, Montessori method of education, Northern Europe, Preschool education
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Abstract/Notes: This study was undertaken in order to investigate the activities which took place in Irish pre-schools other than those within the formal school system. The principle focus of the research concerned the degree to which the pre-school children were being 'cognitively stretched' by the curriculum in which they were engaged. The social, linguistic, physical and creative development of these children was also considered.An historical review of the theory of play and recent research in this area was undertaken.Twenty-three pre-schools were taken at random from the membership list in Cork city and county of the Irish Pre- School Playgroups Association. One pre-school which was not a member was added. Prior to embarking upon the study, a history of the I.P.P.A. was given.The ethnographic research strategy was found to be the most suitable method of assessing empirically the nature and frequency of play in the pre-school. This study, which took place between 1986 and 1990, was therefore eclectic in nature, employing a multi-faceted approach encompassing a target child observational schedule, interviews, a study of classrooms, a questionnaire and an interaction analysis system.Briefly, the results showed that the 157 children engaged in this study were being cognitively stretched for approximately one quarter of the time if they were in a playgroup and approximately one half of the time if they were in a Montessori setting. Social and linguistic behaviour was limited by the actions of the pre-school leaders and physically or creatively challenging behaviour was rarely observed. The fact that the children played alone for half of the total time spent in the pre-school was most striking.The most important finding to emerge from the study of language in the twenty-four pre-schools was the fact that the children rarely communicated verbally. Dialogue was almost non-existent and children's questions were very sparse. In order to place the above in a National context, a questionnaire was sent in 1990 to a random sample of one hundred I.P.P.A. members in the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland. Unfortunately, only 39 responded. However, of note was that approximately 25% of playgroup leaders had degrees and four-fifths of them were mothers in their mid-thirties. They strongly disagreed with the teaching of the 3Rs and felt that much more government money should be devoted to playgroups and in-service training for their personnel.
Language: English
Published: Hull, England, 1993
Article
A School Opens, A Parent Celebrates [Hull-Jackson Montessori Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 11, no. 1
Date: Fall 1998
Pages: 11
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Teaching Permaculture in a School Garden: The Greensboro Montessori School
Publication: The Permaculture Activist, no. 53
Date: Fall 2004
Pages: 31-33
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Abstract/Notes: Greensboro, North Carolina.
Language: English
ISSN: 0897-7348
Doctoral Dissertation
New Education and Alternative Schools in Taiwan: Educational Research from 1949 to 2005 Taking Special Account of Ten Alternative Schools
Asia, China, East Asia, Taiwan
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Abstract/Notes: Reviewed in Communications 2008/1 // In her dissertation she analyses the efforts of New Education in her home country and compares them to European reform approaches. In this context she analyses and evaluates a large amount of written documents and adds to her literary research especially for the ten alternative schools her own studies at these schools and interviews with the educationalists/teachers responsible. One of the analysed schools was a Montessori school, another one was a Waldorf school. The survey communicates interesting insights and findings about school development in an increasingly democratising Asian country that is scarcely considered in Germany.
Language: English
Published: Münster, Germany, 2005
Article
AMI School Launches Somalian Outreach [Mater Amoris Montessori School, Ashton, MD]
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 6, no. 3
Date: Jun 1993
Pages: 2
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Language: English
Book Section
Altersgemischte Grundschule Evaluation einer Schulentwicklungsmaßnahme [Mixed-age primary school evaluation of a school development measure]
Book Title: Untersuchungen und Ansätze zur Weiterentwicklung der Montessori-Pädagogik in Österreich [Investigations and approaches for the further development of Montessori pedagogy in Austria]
Pages: 175-199
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Language: German
Published: Innsbruck, Germany: Studien Verlag, 2009
Edition: 1st ed.
ISBN: 978-3-7065-4721-5 3-7065-4721-X
Series: Initiative neues Lernen
Article
All Together Now: Seattle Program Sends High Schoolers to Montessori Preschool Classroom [Casa Maria Montessori Lab School, Ballard High School, Seattle, Washington]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 3
Date: Spring 2005
Pages: 8
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Private Schools, Public Money: How Independent Schools Have Used the Bond Market to Finance Expansion
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 18, no. 3
Date: Spring 2006
Pages: 12-13
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Abstract/Notes: Includes three case studies
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
AMI School Celebrates a Newly Remodeled Facility [Flossmoor Montessori School, Flossmoor, IL]
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: Mar 1998
Pages: 3
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Language: English
Article
AMS2010-nen zenkoku taikai sanka to Horizon Montessori School e no hōmon / AMS2010年全国大会参加とHorizon Montessori Schoolへの訪問 / AMS 2010 National Conference and Visiting Horizon Montessori School
Publication: Montessori Kyōiku / モンテッソーリ教育 [Montessori Education], no. 43
Date: 2010
Pages: 152-156
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Abstract/Notes: This is an article from Montessori Education, a Japanese language periodical published by the Japan Association Montessori.
Language: Japanese
ISSN: 0913-4220