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Doctoral Dissertation
The Montessori Method in America: Montessori Schools in New York and Rhode Island from 1910-1940
Available from: Loyola University Chicago
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Abstract/Notes: During the very early twentieth century, Dr. Maria Montessori produced a pedagogical approach that permitted the developmental delayed, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and the youngest of children to advance their cognition and adaptive skills to conventional standards. Her renowned "Montessori Method" was unleashed in 1906 in her home country of Italy and found its way to the shore of the United States soon after. This research will compare the implementation of the Montessori Method in two states, Rhode Island and New York. Both states invested time and money into the instructional ideals of Dr. Montessori in response to the advice of educators and, as is frequently overlooked in the scholarly literature, at the request of parents and community organizations. This study will focus on policy implementation: the how and the who, and on the overall growth and decline of Montessori programs, concentrating on the role parents played.
Language: English
Published: Chicago, Illinois, 2011
Article
My New School: One Year On
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 10, no. 2
Date: 2000
Pages: 26
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Anniversary and Nature Trail Dedication [Eton School, Bellevue, Washington]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 23, no. 3
Date: 1999
Pages: 8
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Language: English
Article
Nieuwe Perspectieven voor de Eerste Nederlandsche Montessori School
Available from: Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)
Publication: Montessori Opvoeding, vol. 20, no. 1
Date: Jan 1937
Pages: 4-5
Europe, Holland, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Netherlands, Western Europe
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Language: Dutch
Report
The Sands School Project: First-Year Results
Available from: ERIC
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Abstract/Notes: This study was initiated to make a preliminary evaluation of the effects of Montessori education when children continued with the same method in public schools that they experienced in prekindergarten. Subjects were 72 black 5- and 6-year-olds from lower-middle and lower economic class families. There were two experimental classes in nongraded primary classrooms. One experimental group had Montessori preschool experience; the other, Head Start. Two control groups had conventional public classroom experience. One control group had experienced Head Start; the other had no formal preschool education. In a multiple-assessment procedure, children were measured according to ability(1) to create novel solutions to a maze puzzle; (2) to match appropriate objects among a sample of 3; (3) to separate an item from the field or context of which it is a part; (4) to control and restrain impulse action (Draw-a-Line-Slowly); (5) to repeat sentences (WPPSI); and (6) to initiate investigative behavior (curiosity measures.) Findings indicated that the non-graded primary combined with preschool experience showed the best results; subtracting either preschool or non-graded practices reduced the progress of the children. (AJ)
Language: English
Published: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1968
Doctoral Dissertation (Ed.D.)
Instructional Leadership Practices of Montessori Public School Principals: The Montessori Teachers' Perspective
Available from: American Montessori Society
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Language: English
Published: Lubbock, Texas, 1994
Article
Assessment and Accountability in Montessori Schools: Q and A with Dr. Kathy Roemer
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 12, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 40–42
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Abstract/Notes: Includes results of school survey on standardized tests used
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Book
The SchoolHome: Rethinking Schools for Changing Families
Available from: Books to Borrow @ Internet Archive
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Abstract/Notes: A century ago, John Dewey remarked that when home changes radically, school must change as well. With home, family, and gender roles dramatically altered in recent years, we are faced with a difficult problem: in the lives of more and more American children, no one is home. The Schoolhome proposes a solution. Drawing selectively from reform movements of the past and relating them to the unique needs of today's parents and children, Jane Martin presents a philosophy of education that is responsive to America's changed and changing realities. As more and more parents enter the workforce, the historic role of the domestic sphere in the education and development of children is drastically reduced. Consequently, Martin advocates removing the barriers between the school and the home--making school a metaphorical "home," a safe and nuturant environment that provides children with the experience of affection and connection otherwise missing or inconsistent in their lives. In this proposition, the traditional schoolhouse where children are drilled in the three Rs is transformed into a "schoolhome" where learning is animated by an ethic of social awareness. At a time when many school reformers are calling for a return to basics and lobbying for skills education and quick-fix initiatives, Martin urges us to reconsider the distinctive legacies of Dewey and Montessori and to conceive of a school that integrates the values of the home with those of social responsibility. With cultural diversity and gender equality among its explicit goals, the schoolhome expands upon Dewey's edict to educate the "whole child," seeking instead to educate all children in the culture's whole heritage. Martin eloquently challenges reformers to reclaim the founding fathers' vision of the nation as a domestic realm, and to imagine a learning environment whose curriculum and classroom practice reflect not merely an economic but a moral investment in the future of our children. More than a summons to action, this remarkable book is a call to rethink the assumptions we bring to the educational enterprise, and so, to act wisely.
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1992
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-0-674-04067-0 978-0-674-79265-4 978-0-674-79266-1
Article
A Survey of Parents Regarding the Adjustment of Their Children in the Transition from a Montessori Pre-school to a Traditional First Grade
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 5, no. 2
Date: Spring 1978
Pages: 11-28
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Around the Schools [Statistics on fundraising]
Publication: AMS News, vol. 4, no. 1
Date: 1973
Pages: 4, 6
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Language: English
ISSN: 0065-9444