Montessori Concepts and Programs in the Mainstream
People often come to me excited about a "new" program some school is trying, or "new" information on the best practices for teaching. More often than not, this "new" program is really a component of Montessori Education. Over the years, I have collected an extensive group of articles about such programs or theories and have placed them here.
I'm excited that "traditional education" is beginning to see the need for an integrated, comprehensive, multi-modality approach to education that looks at the whole child, but I need to say that often, if just one component of any educational Method is implemented, that activity or strategy doesn't work as well as if the WHOLE method was implemented.
Multi-Age Classrooms
Multi-Age Grouping is District's Best Kept Secret
Students Learn More in Multi-Age Classrooms
Children's Vocabualy Linked to that of the Other Students in Their Classroom
Students Learn More in Multi-Age Classrooms
Children's Vocabualy Linked to that of the Other Students in Their Classroom
Multiple Modality Teaching
At This Georgia School, Howard Gardner's Theory Thrives -- and So Do Students
School Uses Horses to Help Teach Problem Children
School Uses Horses to Help Teach Problem Children
Focus on Learning, Not Regurgitation
Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity
Catching Up or Leading the Way
Focus on Student's Strengths to Increase Children's Learning
Researchers Examine Importance of Learning From ‘Explaining’
Preparing Creative and Critical Thinkers
Understanding Concepts is Important to Children's Learning
Critical Thinking Central to Report's Proposed K-12 Reforms
Overemphasis Seen on Ratcheting Up Standards at Expense of Broader View of Academic ‘Rigor.’
Focus on Understanding, Not on College Entrance Exams
Looking Beyond the "Answer"
Catching Up or Leading the Way
Focus on Student's Strengths to Increase Children's Learning
Researchers Examine Importance of Learning From ‘Explaining’
Preparing Creative and Critical Thinkers
Understanding Concepts is Important to Children's Learning
Critical Thinking Central to Report's Proposed K-12 Reforms
Overemphasis Seen on Ratcheting Up Standards at Expense of Broader View of Academic ‘Rigor.’
Focus on Understanding, Not on College Entrance Exams
Looking Beyond the "Answer"
Differentiated Instruction
Differentiated Instruction Tailors To Varied Reading Levels
Too Much Variation for One Size Fits All Education
Individualized Plans Aims to Personalize Education for All
Student Centered Differentiated Instruction Works at All Levels
Individualized Instruction Helps Students To Cover Material and Leads to Higher Graduation Rates
New Jersey to Study Personalized Learning Plans
Too Much Variation for One Size Fits All Education
Individualized Plans Aims to Personalize Education for All
Student Centered Differentiated Instruction Works at All Levels
Individualized Instruction Helps Students To Cover Material and Leads to Higher Graduation Rates
New Jersey to Study Personalized Learning Plans
Integration of Subject Material, Use of Real World Applications, and Distancing From Text Books
Most Textbooks Should Just Stay On the Shelf
Students Apply Scientific Method While Cooking
Elementary School Finds That Removing Text books pulls D's to a B's
Program Brings Math into the Real World
Youths plunge into serious study of DNA at advanced UA laboratory
Summer School Camp Uses Robots to Teach Math and Science
Elementary Students Learn the Basics of Engineering
Outdoor Garden Inspires Lessons in Conservation
School Uses Horses to Help Motivate Some Students to Learn and Behave
High School Mixes Algebra and Homeland Security
Developing Cookbook Teaches Skills Across the Curriculum
Construction Project Aims to Help Students Gain Vocational Skills
Project based Learning
No Rewards- Intrinsic Learning
The Importance of Pre-school
NRC Urges Greater Focus on Preschool Math
Self-regulation Game Predicts Kindergarten Achievement
Poor Full-day Kindergarteners' Reading, Math Gains Fade By 3rd Grade
Certain Skills Are Predictors Of Reading Ability In Young Children
Early Academic Skills, Not Behavior, Best Predict School Success
Self-regulation Game Predicts Kindergarten Achievement
Poor Full-day Kindergarteners' Reading, Math Gains Fade By 3rd Grade
Certain Skills Are Predictors Of Reading Ability In Young Children
Early Academic Skills, Not Behavior, Best Predict School Success
Peace Education- Teaching Social Responsibility
Educating Girls is the Key to Peace
Character Lessons Aim to Make Students More Empathetic
Engage Students Through Social Issues
Empower students to act when they see injustice
Grade-schoolers use penny donations to help homeless man
Teaching Social Responsibility
How to Raise Global Students
Students Must Be Prepared to Tackle Environmental Issues
Service Projects May Boost Civic Engagement
High School Students Make Microfinance Loans to Grow Small Businesses Around the Globe.
Service Learning Keeps Some Students in School
A Culture of Service Learning
Bridging the Character Education Achievement Gap
Character Lessons Aim to Make Students More Empathetic
Engage Students Through Social Issues
Empower students to act when they see injustice
Grade-schoolers use penny donations to help homeless man
Teaching Social Responsibility
How to Raise Global Students
Students Must Be Prepared to Tackle Environmental Issues
Service Projects May Boost Civic Engagement
High School Students Make Microfinance Loans to Grow Small Businesses Around the Globe.
Service Learning Keeps Some Students in School
A Culture of Service Learning
Bridging the Character Education Achievement Gap