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Creating a Balanced Literate Environment for the Multi-Age, Multi-Ability, Primary Classroom through Staff Development.
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Abstract/Notes: A practicum was designed to increase the expertise of primary teachers in the creation of developmentally appropriate reading/writing curriculum for the multi-age, multi-ability, primary classroom through literacy training staff development sessions. The system of literacy training was constructed over a period of eight months with 34 primary teachers from three elementary schools. Staff development training sessions on early literacy and authentic assessment using the running record were developed. Pre/post questionnaires, change assessment scales for administrators, a literacy plan of action for local schools, running record scripts for assessment training, literacy lessons, and developmentally appropriate curricula were administered or developed. Analysis of the data revealed that after the staff development training on early literacy and authentic assessment, the primary teachers were able to create a developmentally appropriate curriculum for reading and writing in the
Language: English
Published: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1994
Master's Thesis
Mixed-Age Grouping in Kindergarten: A Best Case Example of Developmentally Appropriate Practice or Horace Mann's Worst Nightmare?.
Available from: ERIC
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Abstract/Notes: This practicum study examined kindergarten teachers' perspectives regarding mixed-age groupings that included kindergarten students. The study focused on pedagogical reasons for using mixed-age grouping, ingredients necessary for successful implementation of a multiage program that includes kindergartners, and the perceived effects of a multiage program on kindergartners. Participating were 48 public and private school kindergarten teachers from Ohio and Kentucky who taught in multiage settings. Questionnaire results indicated that teachers believed schools implemented multiage programs because they viewed them as benefiting children; encouraging appropriate, student-centered, practices; reducing pressures for competition; developing peer learning; facilitating flexible student pacing; and promoting a family-like climate. Necessary components for successful implementation of mixed-age grouping included developmental curricula, pre-implementation discussions, parental knowledge and
Language: English
Published: Canton, Ohio, 1997
Report
Investigations of Classroom and At-Home Interventions: Research and Development Program on Preschool Disadvantaged Children. Final Report. [3 volumes]
Available from: ERIC
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Abstract/Notes: To determine the relative effectiveness of different methods of preschool educational intervention for disadvantaged children, comparisons were made of five programs whose levels of structure ranged from the traditional nursery school to a highly structured preschool. Subjects were 79 4-year-olds representing a wide range of ability levels. Intervention effects were evaluated at the end of the preschool year and also, at the end of the kindergarten year. Follow-up data were collected at the end of first grade for three of the programs. Preliminary results were differential and encouraging for the more structured programs. The ameliorative preschool provided a framework for the subsequent investigation of related variables: effects of initiating the program with 3-year-old, low IQ children, and the feasibility of using paraprofessional staff as teachers. Included in this report are studies undertaken to provide instructional programs for children under 3 years and to find techniques to train mothers in home intervention. (MS)
Language: English
Published: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, May 1969
Book Section
Montessori with Culturally Disadvantaged: A Cognitive-Developmental Interpretation and Some Research Findings
Book Title: Early Education: Current Theory, Research, and Action
Pages: 105-118
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Language: English
Published: Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co., 1968
Book Section
Material for the Development of Mental Functions
Book Title: Towards a New Education: A Record and Synthesis of the Discussions on the New Psychology and the Curriculum at the Fifth World Conference of the New Education Fellowship held at Elsinore, Denmark, in August 1929
Pages: 141-144
Denmark, Europe, International Conference of the New Education Fellowship (5th, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August, 1929), International Montessori Congress (1st, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August 1929), Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., New Education Fellowship, Nordic countries, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Theosophical Society, Theosophy
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Language: English
Published: New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930
Presentation
Developments in Montessori Research
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Language: English
Video Recording
The Development Continuum: Hershey Montessori School
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Abstract/Notes: Specially made for Hershey Montessori School (Concord Township, Ohio), this DVD demonstrates the full range of possibilities when a Montessori school begins with the parent-infant class and extends to the adolescent farm school. As a long-range planning tool this program can invite parents and boards to see the advantages of adding a young children's community, an elementary, or an adolescent program as it communicates the richness of social life throughout the planes of education.
Runtime: 15 minutes
Language: English
Published: Burton, Ohio, 2003
Book Section
Kosmische Erziehung zur "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" - Vordereitung auf das Leben im Klimawandel [Cosmic education for "Education for Sustainable Development": preparation for life in the face of climate change]
Book Title: 100 Jahre Montessori-Kinderhaus Geschichte und Aktualität eines pädagogischen Konzepts [100 Years of the Montessori Children's Home: History and Topicality of an Educational Concept]
Pages: 253-288
Cosmic education, Sustainability
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Language: German
Published: Berlin, Germany: LIT Verlag, 2009
ISBN: 978-3-8258-1650-6
Series: Impulse der Reformpädagogik , 24
Book Section
Conditions Affecting Development
Book Title: Creative Development in the Child: The Montessori Approach
Pages: 59-62
Asia, Child development, India, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori lectured in Italian during the first International Montessori Course in 1939 at Madras, India. These 75 lectures were translated into English by her son Mario, as she spoke. And were taken down near verbatim in short hand, transcribed and set into galleys overnight. One such set of proofs forms the original manuscript for this book. For the most part, each chapter in this book encompasses a single lecture. The lectures are left in the same order as they were given, swinging between psychology and the use of the materials. India’s diversity of language, social custom and religious practice enriched her research. During this time, Dr. Montessori worked with children in Madras and put into practice her theories of adapting the environment, furniture and the Practical Life materials to local conditions. In these lectures, Maria Montessori speaks with the mature wisdom of a lifetime spent studying, not just early childhood, but human development as a whole and gives a complete, wonderful and colorful overview of her pedagogy and philosophy.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2020
ISBN: 978-90-79506-52-1
Series: The Montessori Series , 24
Book Section
The Discovery and Development of the Montessori System
Book Title: Education for a New World
Pages: 3-9
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2007
ISBN: 978-90-79506-12-5
Series: The Montessori Series , 5