Abstract/Notes: Supporting multilingual learners’ access to equitable and socially just language education requires more from teachers than a critical stance and language awareness. Teachers of multilingual students must understand how their awareness and ideologies drive their actions and how their actions can generate new awareness both inside the classroom in pedagogical choices and outside the classroom in interactions with families and community partners. To aid teachers in moving through cycles of applying awareness to action, the authors designed the Community Action Plan (CAP) assignment for a family and community engagement course. This article outlines the components of the course curriculum and the conceptual framework that guided its design. The authors also provide a case study of how one novice teacher, Katrina (co-author), navigated the curriculum. They offer suggestions for how language teacher educators might guide in-service and preservice teachers to implement CAPs of various types to promote socially just language education for and with K–12 learners.

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Montessori teaching and learning environment and suggestion at Boonyasombat Witthaya School, Sawi District, Chumphon Province. The population for the study comprised 34 school personnel, including school administrators, teachers, and assistant teachers. A research instrument was a questionnaire with the reliability of .971. Statistics used in data analysis consisted of percentage, mean,and standard deviation.The findings revealed that the research participants’ comprehension level towards the Montessori teaching and learning environment was at a moderate level in all aspects. When considering each aspect, the results demonstrated that almost all aspects were rated at the highest level. Ranked in descending order by mean of each aspect, the comprehension level results reported as follows: at a moderate level in all aspects. When considering each aspect, the results demonstrated that almost all aspects were rated at the highest level. Ranked in descending order by mean of each aspect, the comprehension level results reported as follows: 1) roles of teachers in Montessori education, 2) learning techniques, 3) Montessori teaching principles, 4) instructional media for language development, and 5) basic knowledge of Montessori approach respectively.

Language: Thai

ISSN: 2697-4487, 2586-8462

Abstract/Notes: During the last hundred and fifty years, the modernization of Japan has involved the borrowing of many ideas from other countries. However, these ideas were not simply transplanted uncritically. At the same time, some of their basic philosophical aspects were not completely understood. Ideas were and continue to be adapted, thus reflecting the different needs of Japanese culture and society. An illustration of this process of borrowing can be found in early childhood education, especially after the first Japanese kindergarten was established, based on the ideas of Friederich Froebel (1782-1852). Another example of Western ideas influencing Japanese education is the ideas of Maria Montessori (1870-1952). This paper describes the adaptation of a foreign educational movement. In addition, characteristics of Japanese early childhood education will be described, as well as government policies.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v16i07/46431

ISSN: 1447-9494

Abstract/Notes: This article describes the positive impact of Montessori manipulative materials on four seventh grade students who qualified for academic intervention services because of previous low state test scores in mathematics. This mathematics technique for teaching multi-digit multiplication uses a placemat-sized quilt with different color-coded squares for place value, color-coded bead bars for representing digits, and small numeral tiles in a procedure related to lattice multiplication. The article presents a brief introduction to the Montessori approach to learning, an overview of Montessori mathematics, and an explanation of the Checkerboard for Multiplication with related multiplication manipulatives. Pretest/posttest results of the four students indicated that all increased their understandings of multiplication. The results of an attitude survey showed students improved in enjoyment, perceived knowledge, and confidence in solving multiplication problems. (Contains 19 figures and 5 tables.)

Language: English

ISSN: 1553-9318

Abstract/Notes: Children from Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam

Language: English

DOI: 10.1386/tear.9.2-3.197_1

ISSN: 1477-965X, 1758-9533

Language: English

ISSN: 1073-5836

Abstract/Notes: This article describes practical strategies for promoting inclusion in religious programs. Strategies are provided for including children with mental disabilities, mild mental retardation, moderate mental retardation, and severe to profound mental retardation, and older students with mental retardation. Strategies are also provided for preparing peers and working with families.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/004005990103300508

ISSN: 0040-0599, 2163-5684

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/1047621950070215

ISSN: 1047-6210, 1470-1286

Abstract/Notes: This article presents findings from a qualitative case study of a public Montessori magnet school in the United States. It focuses on two teachers' experiences, identifying how their teaching is situated in school scripts, that is; ways of speaking about teaching and learning within particular school micro-cultures. The focal teachers utilized contradicting school scripts for a variety of purposes and to incorporate diverse practices. This article describes the teachers' experiences of and responses to contradicting scripts. Findings suggest that teaching is contextualized in particular school micro-cultures and that school scripts present contradictions that have the potential to be both indoctrinating and transformative forces for teacher preparation and professional growth.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.11.007

ISSN: 0742-051X, 1879-2480

Language: English

ISSN: 1073-5836