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Confessions of a Montessori Fangirl
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Hammons, Michelle – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
In this article, the author reflects on a trip to Italy where she visited Dr. Montessori's birthplace in Chiaravalle.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational History
Maria Montessori: A Life in Pictures and Writings
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Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
This article provides photographs, quotes, and a timeline that traces Maria Montessori's legacy.
Descriptors: Biographies, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Early Childhood Education
From the Multi-Sited to the In-Between: Ethnography as a Way of Delving into Migrants' Transnational Relationships
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Boccagni, Paolo – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2016
Multi-sited ethnography has been extensively applied to migrants' transnational family life and to the underlying care practices. Its methodological underpinnings and dilemmas, though, are relatively under-reflected. How can the relational and affective spaces between migrants and left-behind kin be ethnographically appreciated? Against this…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Immigrants, Family Relationship, Research Methodology
Drivers of Learning for the Low Skilled
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Brown, Alan; Bimrose, Jenny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The drivers of learning for mid-career workers with few initial qualifications from the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy and Poland are examined. The focus in this article is upon the learning pathways and experience of the low-qualified drawn from empirical research which gathered and analysed the strategic career and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Semiskilled Workers, Career Change
Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia: Provocation and Hope for a Renewed Public Education
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Moss, Peter – Improving Schools, 2016
Loris Malaguzzi (1920-1994) was one of the great educationalists of the last century, helping to create a system of public (or municipal) schools in his home city of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy that is, arguably, the most successful example of radical or progressive education that has ever been. The article gives an introduction to Malaguzzi…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Public Education, Progressive Education, Change Agents