Abstract/Notes: Benefits of multi-age grouping include continuity for children and teachers, a sense of community, the possibility for peer tutoring, and an incorporation of developmental differences. This study explored the development of a non-graded program in a New York City public school, particularly the attitudes of teachers, students, and parents to the new program. Twenty subjects in each category completed a survey or an interview. Results indicated that not only were parents and students relatively uninformed about mixed-age grouping before the program began, but teachers also felt that the support and training they received were inadequate. Teachers did have positive attitudes about the benefits of mixed-age grouping, however, and students seemed to have made a positive adjustment. About half of the parents held positive attitudes toward mixed-age grouping, but parents overall appeared to reserve judgment because of a perceived lack of information.

Language: English

Published: [S.I.], 1996

Abstract/Notes: This study was designed to analyze the effects of intervention guided by Montessori Method on patients with dementia. Methods: 85 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in our hospital were included for retrospective analysis and were divided into 2 groups by double-blind randomized method. The control group (n=42) received routine guides on dieting, and the observation group (n=43) was intervened under the guides of Montessori Method. The 2 groups were compared for cognitive function, feeding capacity score, feeding difficulty, voluntary feeding time, and nutriture. Results: (1) After intervention, the observation group yielded a higher MMSE score for cognitive function than the control group (P<0.001); (2) The scores of feeding capacity in both groups achieved increase, which in the observation group was higher than that in the control group 1 month after intervention (P<0.001); (3) The scores of feeding difficulty in both groups achieved decrease, which in the observation group was lower than that in the control group after intervention (P<0.001); (4) For voluntary feeding time as intervention completed, 1 month and 3 months after intervention, the observation group reported prominent extension (P<0.001) while the control group achieved shortening gradually (P<0.001), and the voluntary feeding time in the observation group was longer than that in the control group (P<0.001). Conclusion: Intervention guided by Montessori Method helps patients with dementia by reducing their feeding difficulty and improving their cognitive function, feeding capacity, and nutriture. It is a method deserving popularization.

Language: English

ISSN: 1940-5901

Abstract/Notes: A deep sense of care and reverence honoring children has been central to many Indigenous nations for millennia, long before Maria Montessori first articulated ideas around following the child or the sacredness of childhood. This chapter argues that education, particularly in the United States, including Montessori education, is rooted in ideologies often aimed at erasing Indigenous people. The chapter begins by naming reasons Indigenous communities utilize Montessori practices for reclamation of their children’s education. It then confronts how Montessori has been and, in some instances, continues to be weaponized against Indigenous children and their communities. The chapter concludes with a vision for an Indigenized Montessori practice as a tool for creating culturally sustaining environments honoring, uplifting, and centering the languages, cultures, values, and knowledge of the Tribal Nations in which it is utilized.

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

ISBN: 978-1-350-27561-4 978-1-350-27560-7 978-1-350-27562-1

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: The 8th International Montessori Congress took place in San Remo, from 22-29 August, 1949. The title of the Congress was 'La formazione dell’uomo nella ricostruzione mondiale.'

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori Pierson Publishing Company, 2019

ISBN: 978-90-79506-44-6

Series: The Montessori Series , 14

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: The birth centenary of Dr. Maria Montessori was celebrated by some associations and educational institutions in Bombay on Monday.

Language: English

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: "Madame Maria Montessori, the celebrated exponent of the new system of child education which has been named for her, who arrived in New York from Italy last week, will conduct a class at the Panama-Pacific Exposition during the month of August. The classes will be held under the auspices of the Exposition Department of Education and Social Economy, and conducted in the auditorium of the Exposition Y.W.C.A., to the left of the Scott Street entrance. The pupils will be a number of adults who expect to teach according to the Montessori system. They will pay for their course of lectures, but the children who will be members of the demonstration class will pay no tuition."

Language: English

Language: English