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Research on the Impact of the Emotional Expression of Kindergarten Teachers on Children: From the Perspective of the Class Micro-Power Relationship
Available from: Frontiers in Psychology
Publication: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13
Date: 2022
Pages: Article 808847
Asia, China, East Asia, Montessori method of education - Evaluation
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Abstract/Notes: During the preschool years, the socio-emotional responses children receive from interactions with teachers are incorporated into their own social behaviors. This is one of the key ways in which children acquire social and emotional skills. Based on field studies, it can be found that this learning process is not simple imitation of children, but of a more complex context of group interaction. To further clarify the impact of kindergarten teachers’ emotion on the sociometric status and behavior of 3–5 year-old children in their classes, the researchers chose a Montessori mixed-age kindergarten in Beijing as the field site and observed five classes within the kindergarten over a 2-month period in this ethnographic case study. The study found that the power gap between teacher and pupil spreads rapidly to all children in the classroom as a result of the teacher’s emotions, and even stimulates power stratification within the children. In addition, there are differences in the social behaviors between the children of different levels of power. As preschool children are in a critical developmental window when social knowledge is being accumulated and social skills are being acquired, using power relations within the kindergarten classroom as an entry point to analyze the impact of teachers’ emotions on children’s social behavior provides a new breakthrough for the professional development of early childhood education and the better achievement of educational goals.
Language: English
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.808847
ISSN: 1664-1078
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Research and early childhood education programs in the city of Baroda
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: International Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: 1979
Pages: 176-181
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Abstract/Notes: The growth of the preschool education movement has been a result of the growing recognition of the needs of young children, the need to be provided with a rich and wholesome environment which is conducive to, and promotes the all round development of the child. Prior to 1947, very little attention was paid to preschool education in our country, even by the Government, and preschool was not considered a state responsibility. The Central Advisory Board of Education on Post-War Educational Development (1944) was the first body to recognise the need for preschool education. The report of the Committee emphasised its significance and recommended that an adequate provision of pre-primary education should be an essential adjunct of a National System of Education. The development of preschool education, during the pre-independence period, was rather slow in the country as a whole, but due to the influence of a number of workers inspired by the work of Madam Montessori, pioneering work in the field was undertaken in the state of Gujarat.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176567
ISSN: 0020-7187, 1878-4658
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Autonomy, Spontaneity and Creativity in Research with Children. a Study of Experience and Participation, in Central Italy and North West England
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, vol. 23, no. 1
Date: 2020
Pages: 55-74
Autonomy in children, Creative ability in children, Creative thinking in children, England, Europe, Great Britain, Italy, Montessori method of education, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Spontaneity (Personality trait), United Kingdom
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Abstract/Notes: Research involving children, deemed to have difficulties with conventional means of communication, can perpetuate reductive forms of representation of children’s knowledges and experiences. This article focuses on the possibilities and opportunities that visual and creative methods can offer to researching with children. Children advance their views in and through spontaneous and concrete forms of participation. Autonomy in aesthetic acts is central to this methodology; to explore practices that produce and reproduce presuppositions deriving from societal attitudes affecting research with children, their agency and self-presentation. This cross-cultural study was conducted in Central Italy and North West England: children contributed their perspectives and experiences through participation in a series of creative encounters resulting in aesthetic and embodied outcomes of sociological and educational significance. The study contributes to the debate on children’s autonomy and the value and quality of participation through artistic practice. Examples from the corpus of data, which includes a series of artefacts and over 900 photographs from each geo-cultural context, are presented. The study shows that it is possible to harmonise power imbalances in spaces of creative freedom, in research and education, where children’s choices and agency are respected.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2019.1672280
ISSN: 1364-5579
Article
Through the Looking Glass: Methodological Features of Research of Alternative Schools
Available from: University of Maribor Press
Publication: Journal of Elementary Education / Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje, vol. 13, no. 1
Date: 2020
Pages: 55-71
Alternative education, Educational research, Private schools
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Abstract/Notes: On the basis of the analysis of the general characteristics of alternative schools and the methodology of pedagogical research, the comparison and synthesis of the obtained facts were formed. It is pointed out that in the field of pedagogy, the adoption of (positivist) methodology has become a global trend. It emphasizes the uncritical application of research tools from the corpus of quantitative methodology in research of specific educational problems, as well as in research of alternative schools in which the context of the research is significantly different than the one of the conventional public schools.
Language: English
DOI: 10.18690/rei.13.1.55-71.2020
ISSN: 2350-4803
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The Effects of Choice on Reading Engagement and Comprehension for Second- and Third-Grade Students: An Action Research Report
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 3, no. 2
Date: 2017
Pages: 19-38
Action research, Americas, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Poor literacy rates contribute to low school performance for children across America. In particular, low-income schools continue to struggle with declining literacy rates. Issues with literacy are often attributed to lack of reading comprehension. This study tested the effects of choice on reading comprehension in second- and third-grade students at a high-income school and a low-income school. Students were observed while reading silently and aloud to see if either method affected reading comprehension. Data were collected from 32 students before, during, and after reading to determine whether students’ comprehension levels were higher when given opportunities to choose their own books or when they read assigned books. Trials were performed while students read silently and then aloud. Results indicated that students had higher comprehension levels both when they could choose their own books and when they read silently.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Designing a Logic Model to Inform Montessori Research
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: 2019
Pages: 35-49
Montessori method of education - Research
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori education has a long history, but its recent growth in American public schools has led to increased interest in research efforts, particularly in exploring the potential of the Montessori experience to moderate the effects of poverty and in gathering data to evaluate public investment in Montessori schools. To assist research efforts, this paper introduces a comprehensive visual model, or logic model, that depicts the core components, underlying assumptions, and intended outcomes of the Montessori approach. Logic modeling, which results in a visual representation depicting the connections among a program’s inputs, primary activities, and outcomes, is often used in program planning and research to provide a common framework from which to work. Developed over a 3-year period by a collaborative group of experienced Montessori researchers and practitioners, the Logic Model for Montessori Education presented in this paper is a valuable tool for researchers with the potential to lay a foundation across disciplines for future research that is both rigorous and systematic in its measurement of Montessori processes and outcomes.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
[Tim] Seldin Backs Off Plan for Marketing, Research
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 18, no. 1
Date: Fall 2005
Pages: 29
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Research-Based Strategies for Peace
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 3
Date: Spring 2005
Pages: 4, 25
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Second Language Corner for Children's House: A Practitioner–Researcher Journey Into Bilingualism in Montessori Education
Available from: University of Kansas Libraries
Publication: Journal of Montessori Research, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: 2021
Pages: 67-82
Americas, Bilingualism, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Montessori method of education
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Abstract/Notes: This work reports, from a qualitative research perspective, the development of an English Corner project for a preschool Children’s House classroom in central Mexico over the course of a 3-year period. It shows the transition of a language specialist over six consecutive periods of work, from a traditional understanding and practice of teaching English as a second language to young learners into a more comprehensive one of the Montessori Method. The analysis of my own practice is used to recover insights through a reflective process with the intention to develop a second language (L2) Montessori program for 3- to 6-year-olds that aligns better with Montessori pedagogy. Variables such as instruction time, setting, group constitution, materials, and teaching and learning strategies allowed for certain aspects to arise as leading points of interest for the focus of the analysis and the methodological and pedagogical adaptations that followed each period. This paper is an attempt to fill the gap between the need to deliver a second language effectively in Montessori education and the lack of guidance for doing it the Montessori way; it is especially for practitioners who do not have a Montessori background but also for Montessori-trained teachers for whom more specific preparation would aid their practice. I also hope to stimulate further research in the field of second language acquisition and multilingualism in Montessori education at every level of education.
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-3923
Article
Research Is Key to Classroom Teaching
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 4, no. 3
Date: Spring 1992
Pages: 4-5
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246