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Tympa, Eleni; Karavida, Vasiliki; Charissi, Athina; Siaviki, Athanasia – Education 3-13, 2022
According to Montessori, children learn more effectively when they discover knowledge on their own, through spontaneous exploratory learning and experiential approach to knowledge, focusing primarily on trusting the child and respecting his exceptional capabilities and skills. The Montessori educational approach was implemented in a public…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
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Reid, Laura – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2019
In this article, Laura Reid describes her unexpected journey from Montessori intern to school owner and beyond.
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Teaching Experience, Montessori Schools, Preschools
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Taggart, Jessica; Becker, Ian; Rauen, Julia; Al Kallas, Hala; Lillard, Angeline S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
Pretend play is common in childhood. Yet by age 4, children shown pretend and real activities in a book said they would choose to do the real activity over the pretend one. The present studies extended this research, examining children's actual behavior in laboratory and school settings (Study 1, n = 32, M = 59.32 months; and Study 2, n = 16, M…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Childrens Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Play
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Fuller, Molly J.; Templeton, Nathan R. – Education Leadership Review, 2019
The purpose of this embedded-descriptive single-case study was to provide insight into one prekindergarten school's efforts to build teacher capacity in foundational skills. An embedded-descriptive single-case study was a suitable design for the study because the researcher could not manipulate the school's efforts; the setting was contemporary…
Descriptors: Principals, Preschools, Capacity Building, Preschool Teachers