Abstract/Notes: This study explored the effects of peer interactions on kindergarten children’s construction of conservation and conflict resolution knowledge during storybook reading. Previous studies have identified that peer interactions can support the meaning-making processes of children in social relationships and problem-solving, but little is known about whether the interaction with mixed-age or more competent peers is more important in supporting knowledge construction. Sixty-four younger children in K2 and older children in K3 with similar socioeconomic backgrounds were recruited from a Montessori kindergarten in Kunming, China. An experimental design was applied to explore age group and conserver dominance effects on conservation and conflict resolution. Children were assigned randomly to eight groups in three 30-to-40-minute intervention sessions. Each session had a different theme for the children to learn about conservation and conflict resolution concepts and a hands-on activity to practice and discuss. ANOVAs were performed to test group effects, while multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore individual variations in age and pre-test scores in predicting post-test scores. Conservation knowledge was significantly better among children who differed in age groups in the post-test, but differences were not found in conflict resolution knowledge. Groups balanced with equal conservers and non-conservers improved the best, suggesting that peer social interactions can facilitate conservation and conflict resolution construction. These results provide new insights for early childhood educators to support peer interactions and children’s development. Implications, limitations, and future research are discussed.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1253782

ISSN: 2504-284X

Abstract/Notes: In order to know general awareness for children's song among preschoolers, their teachers and parents the questionary paper survey was performed against 212 of kindergarteners, 63 of their teachers and 197 of their parents. At the sametime their favorite children's songs were collected among the prepared lists of children's songs and selected about 10 children's songs for each group, in order. Also, those selected children's songs were analyzed their musical elements, too. The under 4 year old and female children more favorited the singing children's songs everyday than the 5 year old and male. Thachers replied that they selected the proper children's songs in the basic of the topics of usual daily life and children's interests. Also, parents believed that children's songs is very important to develop their children's musicality. Finally, the favorite children's songs were analyzed as followings the major beat was 4/4, the major tonality was C major, the major form and leongth were 8-34 measures, and the major rhythm was the replicated, symcopated and nimbled one. / 본 연구에서는 유아·교사·학부모의 동요에 관한 인지수준과 선호하는 동요의 유형은 어떠한지 또한 유아들이 선호하는 동요의 음악적 구성요소는 어떠한지에 대해 알아보았다. 연구의 대상은 국·공·사립유치원의 유아 212명, 교사 63명 및 학부모 197명이다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유아·교사·학부모의 동요에 관한 인지수준은 유아·교사·학부모 모두가 동요를 좋아하고 동요부르기가 음악성 발달에 매우 중요한 것으로 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 유아·교사·학부모가 선호하는 동요의 유형은 유아는 동물 또는 가족과 관련된 창작동요를 교사는 동물과 식물에 관련된 창작동요제곡과 인터넷동요를 학부모는 식물과 사랑, 기본생활습관에 관련된 창작동요와 인터넷동요를 선호하였다. 결과적으로 유아·교사·학부모의 선호하는 동요는 크게 차이는 없지만 유아들이 선호하는 동요는 학부모의 선호도 보다는 교사가 선호하는 동요와 일치도가 높아 학부모보다는 교사의 영향을 더 받는 것으로 판단되었다. 셋째, 유아들이 선호하는 동요의 악곡의 특징은 노래 마지막 부분에 강세가 있거나 반복적인 리듬과 노랫말에 엄마, 아빠, 아기로 표현된 가족과 연관된 노래와 동물을 의인화한 노래 또는 동물의 의성어를 표현한 노래를 좋아하는 것으로 나타났다.

Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-9417

Language: English

Language: English

ISSN: 0010-700X

Language: English

ISSN: 0519-0959

Abstract/Notes: This is an article from Montessori Education, a Japanese language periodical published by the Japan Association Montessori.

Language: Japanese

ISSN: 0913-4220

Language: German

Published: München: Kindler, 1978

ISBN: 3-463-00716-9

Abstract/Notes: Este artículo se deriva de la investigación realizada en Trabajo de Grado para optar al título de Licenciadas en Educación Preescolar en la Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó y ha sido denominada “La Estimulación de los Sentidos en la Actividad Pedagógica con Niños y Niñas de 3 a 5 años de edad para el beneficio del Desarrollo Cognitivo en el Colegio Montessori de Medellín en el año 2016”. En éste se abordarán las categorías: “actividades docentes para la estimulación sensorial”, “tiempo y frecuencia de la estimulación sensorial respecto a los dispositivos básicos del aprendizaje” y por último “estrategias para la estimulación sensorial”.  Esta investigación fue realizada bajo el paradigma cualitativo y se inscribe en el tipo de estudio descriptivo, cuenta con una muestra de 28 niños y niñas de los grados maternal, pre-jardín y jardín del colegio Montessori de Medellín; los datos fueron recolectados por medio de entrevistas semi-estructuradas, observaciones participantes y no participantes. Uno de los hallazgos más importantes de la presente investigación fue la identificación de factores externos que intervienen directamente en el desempeño de los dispositivos básicos del aprendizaje en los niños y las niñas en las actividades implementadas para la estimulación sensorial. [This article is derived from the research "La Estimulación de los Sentidos enla Actividad Pedagógica con Niños y Niñas de 3 a 5 años de edad para el beneficio del Desarrollo Cognitivo en el Colegio Montessori de Medellín en el año 2016". Where the categories "educational activities for sensory stimulation", "time and frequency ofsensory stimulation on the basic learning devices" and finally "strategies for sensory stimulation" will be addressed.This research was conducted under the qualitative paradigm and fits into the type of descriptive study and has a sample of 28 children of maternal degrees, pre-kindergarten and Montessori school garden Medellin; Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and non-participants. The most important finding of this research was the identification of externalfactors directly involved in the performance of the basic devices of learning in children.]

Language: Spanish

ISSN: 2172-7775

Abstract/Notes: Having been influenced by one's own environment, man lives and learns necessary things to survive. In particular, the knowledge of man can be accumulated by experience. The experience can be obtained by sensory education. Comenius recognised the importance of sense organ and became the first person to use audio-visual education in the time that theory and speech orientated education was common. And, Montessori has made sensory education popular by developing instruments of education for sensory education. The common ground of both is that education has been done by recognising the importance of obtaining knowledge through sensory education. In addition, obtaining knowledge can be done by restoring the nature of humanity, self-esteem and dignity. They have suggested scientific tools for education by making children obtain knowledge and experience through observing nature and objects. The difference is that while Comenius has been focused only on visual education based on epistemological experience, revealing its limitation, Montessori has developed various sensory tools and organised programme. It is noticed that new paradigms of learner oriented education are important It is challenged that recovering creativeness by respecting self-regulation is very much needed. The diversity of sensory education is sought to meet the felt need of education field. / 사람은 살아가는 환경의 영향을 받으며 거기서 생존에 필요한 것들을 습득한다. 특히, 인간의 지식은 경험에 의해 축적되며, 이러한 경험은 감각교육을 통해 이루어진다. 코메니우스는 감각기관의 중요성율 인식하고 최초로 시청각교육의 실천을 통해 당시의 이론과 언어 중심의 교육에 새로운 전기를 마련하였다. 또한, 몬테소리는 감각교육을 위한 교구개발과 체계적 교육 프로그램 개발을 통한 감각교육의 활성화를 이루었다. 이들의 공통점은 감각기관을 통한 지식습득의 중요성을 인식하고, 지식습득은 인간의 창조적 본성의 회복, 자존감과 존엄성 및 자율성을 중시한 감각교육 실천을 통해서 이루어진다고 주장한 정이다. 즉, 인위적인 교육 방법을 배제하고 자연과 사물에 대한 관찰과 교류를 통해 지식과 경험을 습득하게 하는 것이며, 교육실천올 위한 과학적 교육방법을 제시하였다는 점이다. 차이점은 코메니우스는 감각교육올 시각화 하는데 머무름으로 감각교육의 한계점을 드러내었다는 것과 여전히 인식론적인 경험에 근거를 두었다는 점이다. 반면 몬테소리는 감각기관의 경험율 위해 다양한 감각교구 개발과 체계적인 프로그램을 제시하였다는 점이다. 본 연구를 통해 학습자 중심의 교육개혁의 중요성을 인식하고, 자율성올 존중함으로서 창조적 능력을 희복혜야 할 필요성올 촉구 하며, 교육 현장의 욕구 충족을 위해 감각교육의 다변화를 모색한다.

Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-9417

Abstract/Notes: The Purpose of this study is, to practical application of MONTESSORI education system by comparing degrees of achievement according to age and sex, about offering five MONTESSORI SENSORY MATERIALS which children prefer. And consequently it can be offered as basic data for children of kindergarten of our country at present to appication each educational instrument in proper time according to children's achievements. For this study, randam sample ten 3-year-old boys and girls respectively, who have not any MONTESSORI educational experience at NOLIBANG in Taegu, and at S MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN ten 4-year-old boys and girls respectively, who have 18 month's MONTESSORI educational experience. Two persons experimented on instruments such as CYLINDER BLOCKS, PINK WOWERS, BROWN STAIRS, COLOR TABLETS, SOUND BOXES which children of the kindergarten preferred, and recorded the results. To ascertain difference between age and sex, respecting achievement degress of MONTESSORI SENSORY MATERIALS, the obtained data was executed MANOVA using SPSS PC+. For verification, WILKS LAMBDA values were estimated and in the case of main effects being reliable, F-TEST and STRUCTURE COEFFICIENTS were measured. Conclusions of this study can be summarized as follows. First, according to age(3,4,5), there is difference in degrees of achievement of MONTESSORI SENSORY MATERIALS. With advancing years, degrees of achievement increase, and children of various age interact with one another, this is younger children observe the older ones and have indirect experience, and afterwards they can experience instruments in proper age. Second, there is not any difference in MONTESSORI SENSORY MATERIALS according to sex distinction. So we can offer SENSORY MATERIALS to children according to application age. Third, there is no disparity of age in sex distinction about achievement degrees of instruments are to be offered in order of age MONTESSORI SENSORY MATERIALS. That regardless of sex distinction. is, there isn't interaction of age and sex, so the instruments are to be offered in order of age regardless of sex distinction.

Language: Korean

ISSN: 1226-2722