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Direct linkNatasha Feinberg; Susan Zoll; Laura Saylor, Contributor – Teachers College Press, 2025
From the authors of "Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom", this new book focuses on the practical implementation of Montessori teaching and assessment methods in pre-K-6th grade classrooms. The authors describe how reading research and Montessori's scientific pedagogy and language curriculum play out in actual classrooms…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Preschool Curriculum, Literacy Education, Elementary School Curriculum
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Download full textJaap de Brouwer; Vivian Morssink-Santing; Symen van der Zee – Journal of Montessori Research, 2024
Montessori education has existed for more than 100 years and counts almost 16,000 schools worldwide (Debs et al., 2022). Still, little is known about the implementation and fidelity of Montessori principles. Measuring implementations holds significant importance as it provides insight into current Montessori practices and because it is assumed…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Montessori Method, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers
Kardelen Ön Hallumoglu; H. Gülhan Orhan Karsak; Ayse Fulya Maner – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2023
The purpose of the study was to explore the effect of the Montessori Method integrated with cooperative learning on mathematical reasoning skills in the preschool period. In this study, an experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group was used. The study group included a total of 30 children, 15 of whom were in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Thinking Skills, Cooperative Learning, Preschool Children
Angeline S. Lillard; Lee LeBoeuf; Corey Borgman; Elena Martynova; Ann-Marie Faria; Karen Manship – Grantee Submission, 2025
The CLASS-PreK instrument is widely used to evaluate early childhood classrooms, but how classrooms using Montessori, the world's most common alternative education system, fare on CLASS is understudied. Because CLASS focuses largely on teacher-child interactions as the situs of learning, but in Montessori theory, child-environment interactions are…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Preschool Education, Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian A. Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – Grantee Submission, 2024
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. The authors' collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education settings and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian A. Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – AERA Open, 2024
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. The authors' collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education settings and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Ji Hyun Oh – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2024
This study explored preschool teachers' beliefs about the benefits of young children's outdoor play and play in naturalized play environments. Three face-to-face in-depth, semi-structured individual interviews were administered. For data analysis, Charmaz's (2006) constructivist grounded theory was employed using two steps of coding, initial and…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment, Preschool Teachers
Problems of Turkish Education and Recommendations for Solutions According to Primary School Teachers
Cüneyt Akar; Ramazan Demir; Mustafa Ulutas – Turkish Journal of Education, 2025
The aim of this study is to investigate the problems faced by primary school teachers in Turkish education and their recommendations for solutions to these problems. Employing a case study methodology, a cohort of 14 teachers representing diverse regions across Türkiye was selected for examination. In establishing the study group, a deliberate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Mafalda Carmo, Editor – Online Submission, 2025
END 2025 received 704 submissions, from more than 45 different countries, reviewed by a double-blind process. Submissions were prepared to take form of Oral Presentations, Posters, Virtual Presentations and Workshops. The conference accepted for oral presentation 264 submissions (38% acceptance rate). The conference also includes one Keynote…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Professional Development
Babita Maharjan; Netra Kumar Manandhar; Binod Prasad Pant; Niroj Dahal – Pedagogical Research, 2024
Engaging students in their learning depends on the teachers' pedagogical practices. The first author is a STEAM scholar and preschool educator who realized engagement is necessary for meaningful learning. For this, teachers and students must have exposure to innovative and arts-integrated pedagogy (e.g., storytelling). However, the teachers in the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Story Telling, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
Agnes Afua Tetteh; Joyce Esi Tawiah-Mensah; Ebenezer Appah Bonney; Ernest Frimpong Akosah; George Yao Kafu – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
This study explores the integration of indigenous stories into thematic teaching in Ghanaian kindergartens to enhance foundational learning. Guided by Rogoff's sociocultural theory and participatory action research, data were collected from four schools in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality through observations and interviews. The findings show…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Kindergarten, Young Children
Jessica K. Hardy – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Early math skills predict later achievement for young children; thus, it is important to expand what is known about how to support preschool children's development of these skills. While there has been some research on interventions, including those using systemic instruction, to teach math skills to preschoolers, there is a need for additional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Mathematics Skills
Qunshan Zheng; Patricia Snyder; Fang Xu – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Self-determination refers to skills used to experience a quality of life consistent with one's preferences, strengths, and needs. Theoretical and empirical literature has identified contextual opportunities for children to learn and use these skills in their everyday activities and routines. The present study used an investigator-developed…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education, Self Determination
Mst Taherun Nesa Subarna; San Su Su San; Nuruddin Ahmed Masud – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2025
A pedagogical strategy called "play-based learning" was one of the new visions, purposes, and objectives introduced by the kindergarten program. Play-based learning is a child-centered approach that emphasizes play-based learning in the curriculum material. This qualitative study's goal was to investigate the pedagogical methods…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Christina Weiland; Rebecca Unterman; Susan Dynarski; Rachel Abenavoli; Howard Bloom; Breno Braga; Anne-Marie Faria; Erica Greenberg; Brian Jacob; Jane Arnold Lincove; Karen Manship; Meghan McCormick; Luke Miratrix; Tomás E. Monarrez; Pamela Morris-Perez; Anna Shapiro; Jon Valant; Lindsay Weixler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. Our collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next context: (1) available…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
