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Maria Montessori as Domestic Goddess: Iconic Early Childhood Educator and Material Girl
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Bone, Jane – Gender and Education, 2019
The concept of domesticity plays out in early childhood educational settings and has a long tradition. Domesticity in its pre-domestic, domestic and post-domestic phases is used here as a site for reconsidering the role of Maria Montessori. The ideas put forward here are intended as a provocation and methodologically the device of constructing an…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Early Childhood Education, Feminism
Creating Relational Spaces: Everyday Spirituality in Early Childhood Settings
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Bone, Jane – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
This research addressed the question of how the spiritual experience of young children might be supported in early childhood educational settings. Qualitative case study research took place in three different contexts: a Montessori casa, a Rudolf Steiner kindergarten and a private preschool. Children aged 2 1/2-6 years, their parents and teachers…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Young Children, Religious Factors, Teaching Methods
Exploring Trauma, Loss and Healing: Spirituality, "Te Whariki" and Early Childhood Education
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Bone, Jane – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2008
Attention to spirituality is proposed to be a means of restoring and supporting well-being in early childhood educational contexts. In Aotearoa, New Zealand, the spiritual dimension is included in the early childhood curriculum "Te Whariki". This holistic approach to education supported research in three different early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Holistic Approach, Young Children, Foreign Countries