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Courtney Reim – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this exploratory descriptive research was to examine what Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) certified Montessori teachers (MTs) for students ages 3-6 years in the United States reported regarding scientific observation (SO) as a disposition and as a disposition in action (DIA) to better understand MTs' application of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Montessori Schools, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2024
Wildflower Schools, a network of decentralized "shopfront" Montessori schools, began in 2014, when Sep Kamvar, a MIT Media Lab professor, was unable to find a preschool for his son that fit his needs, and ended up partnering with two veteran Montessori educators, Mary Rockett and Katelyn Shore, to start a school. Wildflower's work is…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Observation
O'Shaughnessy, Molly – NAMTA Journal, 2016
"Children have the potential to create a world we cannot imagine. This is our hope." In choosing Montessori, O'Shaughnessy says that we are choosing the road less traveled. We are choosing education as an aid to life. We are choosing an approach that respects the innate and unique potential of each child and that calls upon us to serve…
Descriptors: Observation, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Children
Montessori, Maria – NAMTA Journal, 2016
Montessori's idea of the child's nature and the teacher's perceptiveness begins with amazing simplicity, and when she speaks of "methods evolved," she is unveiling a methodological system for observation. She begins with the early childhood explosion into writing, which is a familiar child phenomenon that Montessori has written about…
Descriptors: Observation, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Early Childhood Education
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Atli, Sibel; Korkmaz, A. Merve; Tastepe, Taskin; Koksal Akyol, Aysel – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Further studies on Montessori teachers are required on the grounds that the Montessori approach, which, having been applied throughout the world, holds an important place in the alternative education field. Yet it is novel for Turkey, and there are only a limited number of studies on Montessori teachers in Turkey. Purpose of…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Nontraditional Education
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Nitecki, Elena – School Community Journal, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine a preschool program with a high level of quality family involvement. Since family involvement during the early years has been linked to achievement and success in school, it is important to examine how such partnerships can be fostered in a meaningful way. The study employs an inductive qualitative approach,…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Family School Relationship, Preschool Education, Family Involvement