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High School Frameworks at Clark Montessori
Author: Blase, Dean Woodring
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,Montessori Schools,High Schools,Educational Principles,Educational History,Context Effect,Classroom Techniques,Spiritual Development,Adolescent Development,Educational Practices,Foundations of Education

Clark Montessori Junior and Senior High School was the first public Montessori high school in the US. Marta Donahoe and Dean Blase outline the roots and founding principles of Clark Montessori in the context of Montessori pedagogy. Woven throughout this discussion of the Montessori high school environment are guiding principles that Clark adopted including respect for each other and the environment and collaboration of all in the service of students to achieve a sense of social responsibility. This is partially achieved through the foundation and continuation of Cosmic Education in the elementary years. She concludes with fundamental principles specifically for the Montessori high school.
How the Mathematical Mind of the Adolescent Develops from Early Adolescence to Late Adolescence
Author: Waski, Michael
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Early Adolescents,Late Adolescents,Mathematics Instruction,Elementary School Mathematics,Mathematics,Professional Personnel,Foreign Countries,Thinking Skills,Elementary School Students,Montessori Method

&quot;It is essential that we match our methodology with the psychology of the adolescent and as this changes throughout adolescence, so should our approach.&quot; Mike Waski provides an understanding of how to approach mathematics at the adolescent level from the perspective of the developmental characteristics of the age. Sharing observations from his own work with adolescents, Waski shares his deep understanding of the adolescent personality and specifically how the personality relates to their work in mathematics. Beginning with concrete work in elementary and building through abstract work, the older adolescent eventually begins to consider the philosophical nature of mathematics. In mathematics, the adolescent finds a study of precision that is founded in the search for undeniable, fundamental truths. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA Adolescent Workshop at the AMI/ USA Refresher Course, February 17-20, 2017 in Austin, TX.]
Moral Development: From Cosmic Education to Adolescent Action
Author: Henke, Elizabeth
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Moral Development,Teaching Methods,Montessori Method,Social Responsibility,Citizenship Responsibility,Elementary School Students,Educational Philosophy,Moral Values,Ethics,Citizen Participation,Adolescents,Spiritual Development,Peace,Program Descriptions,Sustainability,Social Justice

&quot;The most essential component to offering the children an education for peace is the emphasis on that which unites us.&quot; With this focus, Elizabeth Henke presents a picture of how Montessori students progressively develop a sense of moral, civic, and social responsibility. The foundation is set during the elementary years when children gain an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life and the commonalities between all people through Cosmic Education. The morality developed in elementary is refined during adolescence and is aided by coursework that is focused on current ethical issues and opportunities to participate in their school, local, and global communities. As they begin to place themselves into the world by thinking of themselves as citizens of their community and components of culture, their work for the betterment of that world gains relevance. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA Adolescent Workshop at the AMI/ USA Refresher Course, February 17-20, 2017 in Austin, TX.]
Frameworks That Organize the Grove School
Author: Moudry, Ben
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,High Schools,Adolescent Development,Personality Development,Outcomes of Education,Educational Indicators,Educational Practices,Educational Objectives,Educational Experience,Program Descriptions

As with the other case studies in this journal, Ben Moudry and Andrew Christopherson present a vision of a Montessori high school that is focused on fostering the adolescent personality in connection to society. This chapter uses concrete examples of the key experiences and programs that provide the adolescents at The Grove School with this goal in mind. A list of desired outcomes for adolescents along with associated adolescent specific indicators is provided as these outcomes guide the work at The Grove School. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA Adolescent Workshop at the AMI/ USA Refresher Course, February 17-20, 2017 in Austin, TX.]
From Cosmic Education to Civic Responsibility
Author: Cunningham, Judith
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,Social Change,Change Agents,Citizenship Education,Montessori Schools,Child Development,Self Concept

Bookending her article with questions for the Montessori practitioner, Judith Cunningham provides a theoretical overview of how the Montessori child is empowered to enact social change and is inspired to work for the betterment of the world. Cunningham lays the foundation by describing the world in which Maria Montessori lived and how the events of her time shaped her work and thinking. She discusses the importance of the unity that is formed through Cosmic Education and how important this unity becomes to the mission of the adolescent, &quot;By understanding his cosmic task, his contribution to the preservation and betterment of the world, and with the ultimate goal of creating true peace, the child is empowered.&quot; [This talk was presented at the NAMTA Adolescent Workshop at the AMI/ USA Refresher Course, February 17-20, 2017 in Austin, TX.]
The Water Molecule: How Montessori High School, International Baccalaureate, and University Circle Bond to Form a Sustainable Molecule
Author: Doerr, Marilyn N.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High Schools,Science Instruction,High School Students,Montessori Method,Advanced Placement Programs,Teaching Methods,Adolescent Development,Developmentally Appropriate Practices,Brain,Student Characteristics,Identification (Psychology),Figurative Language,Water

Using the water molecule as a metaphor, Marilyn Doerr presents a study of a Montessori high school that combines the elements of Montessori with International Baccalaureate (IB) and other institutions in the surrounding community that enrich the experience of the students. The pedagogy of the high school, she explains, must be based on an understanding of human development. As we see throughout this journal, when we think of human development at the high school level we must think of the adolescent developing their sense of social justice and personal dignity. Doerr explains some of the practices of the Montessori High School in Cleveland's University Circle, touches on brain development and the characteristics of adolescents, and finally explains how IB and local institutions enhance the development of the adolescent to achieve a sense of social identity and responsibility. A bibliography is included.
Designing Montessori Discipline Frameworks for All Settings
Author: Myers, Katy
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Method,High Schools,Institutional Mission,Adolescents,Social Justice,Adolescent Development,Social Change,Student Role,Change Agents,Citizenship Education

During the process of conceptualizing the school of which she is the founding principal, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School, Katy Myers' driving question was, &quot;What exactly is Montessori high school?&quot; Her answer to this question gets to the heart of the mission of many Montessori high schools. She concluded that her high school must be guided by the principle that &quot;adolescence is the sensitive period for social justice.&quot; In presenting how her thinking developed from this point, Myers offers an essential understanding of the work, at both the junior and high school levels, that is centered around empowering adolescents with the tools they need to have the agency to make social change. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA Adolescent Workshop at the AMI/USA Refresher Course, February 17-20, 2017 in Austin, TX.]
The Decision-Making Skills of the Children Who Have Taken 1st and 2nd Grade Life Sciences Courses as Evaluated by Their Parents
Author: Polat, Hüseyin
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Decision Making Skills,Biological Sciences,Parent Surveys,Screening Tests,Skill Analysis,Grade 3,Elementary School Students,Skill Development,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Life Sciences course decision-making skill of the 3rd grade primary school students as evaluated by the parents. The study was conducted in screening model. The participants of the study were the parents (41 mothers and 26 fathers) of the students (32 girls, 35 boys) who study in the center of the province of Adiyaman in the academic year of 2017-2018. In order to collect the data, &quot;decision-making skill level&quot; survey form, which evaluates the decision-making gains of the 1st and 2nd grade Life Sciences course, was used. According to the findings, the decision-making skill of the students was 94.54 out of 120, which is &quot;very good.&quot; The decision-making skill levels of the students did not show a significant difference depending on the parent variable (mother or father), the students' gender, or the school type attended (central or disadvantaged neighborhood). Depending on their success in school, however, there was a significant difference in their decision-making skill levels; a positive correlation was detected between the decision-making skill and the success in school. The decision-making skill of the students did not show a significant difference depending on their self-confidence level or their success in the Life Sciences course.
The Proper Use of Technologies as a Digital Citizenship Indicator: Undergraduate English Language Students at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Author: Jwaifell, Mustafa
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,English (Second Language),Technology Uses in Education,Mass Media Use,Social Media,Behavior Standards,Social Behavior,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,Foreign Countries

The paper investigates the technology usage as a digital citizenship indicator among undergraduate English language students at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU) in Jordan. Digital citizenship with its nine elements: Etiquette, Communication, Education, Access, Commerce, Responsibility, Rights, Safety, and Security are connected to all life aspects. It is hard to ignore the increasing misuse phenomenon of the emerging technologies. This paper shed the light on how the students within their university campus use technologies in a citizenship manner. A measurement tool worked as a test to reveal students technology usage as an indicator of their digital citizenship. Results of the study revealed that students do not properly use technologies as a digital citizenship indicator. The study included recommendations to overcome technology usage within university campus.
The Ethical Concepts in the Islamic Education Book for Sixth Grade Basic (Comparative Study)
Author: Al-Jazi, Abdullah Ali
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Islam,Religious Education,Grade 6,Ethical Instruction,Fundamental Concepts,Comparative Education,Textbook Content,Textbook Evaluation,Moral Values,Ethics,Educational Needs,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Content Analysis

The study aimed to compare the book of Islamic Education sixth grade basic in both Jordan and the UAE in the light of the ethical concepts that should be included in the book. To achieve this goal, a list of these ethical concepts was prepared, and according to it, the content of both books has been analyzed. The results showed differences in the availability of these concepts in the books as well as the imbalance in the distribution of these concepts in the books. The results also showed similarities and differences in the content of ethical concepts in both books.
The Correlation between the Creative Thinking Tendency of Mathematics Teacher Candidates and Their Attitudes towards Instructional Technologies and Material Design Lesson
Author: Çenberci, Selin
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Student Teacher Attitudes,Educational Technology,Material Development,Instructional Materials,Creative Thinking,Lesson Plans,Curriculum Design,Mathematics Education,Gender Differences,High School Graduates,Institutional Characteristics,Scores,Attitude Measures,Behavior Rating Scales,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

Instructional Technologies and Material Design (ITMD) lesson is a tool that enables Mathematics teacher candidates to design materials for contributing to lasting learning of their students, and use them most effectively. This lesson helps students to activate their creative thinking skills, increase their courage and self-confidence, find different solutions in the face of problems, and therefore introduce creative products. In this context, firstly, it is aimed to examine the level of Mathematics teacher candidates' attitudes towards the Instructional Technologies and Material Design lesson and their effects in terms of different variables in this study and then determine whether there is a relationship between creative thinking tendencies of Mathematics teacher candidates and their attitudes towards Instructional Technologies and Material Design lesson in this study. The sample of the research constitutes of 315 Mathematics teacher candidates who are studying in Mathematics Education Department spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year of at Necmettin Erbakan University. The data were obtained by applying Marmara Creative Thinking Tendency Scale (MCTTS) developed by Özgenel and Çetin (2017) and whose validity and reliability studies were conducted to teacher candidates, and by applying the Attitude Scale towards Instructional Technologies and Material Design Lesson (ASITMD) developed by Çetin, Bagçeci, Kinay, Simsek (2013) and whose validity and reliability studies were conducted. There was no significant difference between the Attitudes towards Instructional Technologies and Material Design Lesson and the Creative Thinking tendencies, in terms of gender variable, but it was found significant difference in terms of the high school graduation variable. However, it was obtained that there is a positive and non significant relationship between creative thinking tendencies of Mathematics teacher candidates and their attitudes towards Instructional Technologies and Material Design lesson.
Statistical Analysis of Elements of Movement in Musical Expression in Early Childhood Using 3D Motion Capture and Evaluation of Musical Development Degrees through Machine Learning
Author: Sano, Mina
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Music Activities,Music Education,Music Techniques,Movement Education,Early Childhood Education,Nursery Schools,Motion,Instrumentation,Measurement Techniques,Foreign Countries

This study aims to analyze the developmental characteristics of early childhood musical expressions from a viewpoint of movement elements, and to devise a method to evaluate the development regarding musical expression in early childhood using machine learning. Previous studies regarding motion capture have shown analysis results such as specific actions and responses to music (Burger et al, 2013). In this study, firstly, ANOVA was attempted on full-body movements. The author quantitatively analyzed the motion capture data regarding 3-year-old, 4-year-old, and 5-year-old children in the nursery schools (n = 84) and kindergartens (n = 94) through a three-way non-repeated ANOVA. As a result, a statistically significant difference was observed in movement of body parts. Specifically, right hand movement such as moving distance and the moving average acceleration showed a significance of difference. Secondly, machine learning (decision trees, Sequential Minimum Optimization algorithm (SMO), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and neural network (multilayer perceptron)) was deployed to build classification models for evaluation of degree of musical development classified by educators with simultaneously recorded children's video with associated motion capture data. Among varieties of trained classification models, multilayer perceptron obtained best results of confusion matrix and showed fair classifying precision and usability to support educators to evaluate children's achievement degree of musical development. As a result of the machine learning of multilayered perceptron, the movement of the pelvis has a strong relationship with musical development degree. Its classification accuracy found consistent to affirm the availability to utilize the model to support educators to evaluate children's attainment of musical expression.
Using and Integration of ICT in a Diverse Educational Context of Santander (Colombia)
Author: Hernández Camelo, Glenn Elmer
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Context Effect,Educational Environment,Student Attitudes,Statistical Significance,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Student Surveys,Educational Practices

The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the academic context caused a change in the way teaching and learning is carried out. It also broadened the usually formal educational contexts and the way these are accessed. Nonetheless, gaps can still be found concerning the inequality in the access to ICT resources and tools and, therefore, in the universal access to knowledge and education. This paper studies the use and integration of ICT through students' perceptions from the educational centers of the municipality of San Juan Girón (Santander, Colombia). The population is composed of 208 participants with ages ranging between 12 and 18, 59% female and 41% male. Statistically significant results were obtained concerning the use of school-owned resources and teaching methodologies. One of the most outstanding results shows the population analyzed needs to apply a new teaching methodology to promote the integration of the ICT in the classrooms in a more suitable and coherent way. Moreover, training processes and pedagogical updating are required to motivate a curricular change considering rhythms, forms, quality and different learning styles in the municipality of San Juan Girón.
Reflections: A Life&apos;s Work in Montessori
Author: Verschuur, Mary B.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Montessori Schools,Montessori Method,Profiles,Educational History,Educational Practices,Classroom Techniques,Teaching Experience

Mary Verschuur writes about coming to America in 1962, recruited by Nancy McCormick Rambusch. In this article, she reminisces about the sheer sensation of practicing a new vocation in an unknown location with materials imported in wood crates from Europe and many materials needing to be handmade. A Montessori life in retrospect is worth telling, and Ms. Verschuur's story is about knowing the children and discovering their individuality as each unfolds in her prepared environment that was built so long ago and still serves children to this day.
Assessing the Industrial PhD: Stakeholder Insights
Author: Grimm, Katharina
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Stakeholders,Doctoral Programs,Doctoral Degrees,Engineering Education,On the Job Training,Qualitative Research,Educational Objectives,Educational Change,Technological Advancement,Criticism,Relevance (Education),Educational Practices,Preferences,Barriers,Interviews,Employer Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Needs,Educational Benefits,Foreign Countries

Research and practice have called for a change in engineering education towards a more practice-oriented curricula to provide engineers with the skills they need for creating solutions for future challenges. While most studies address undergraduate programs, only little attention has been paid to graduate and post-graduate education. The Industrial PhD is expected to give PhD students on-the-job training to gain practically relevant and professional tacit knowledge and to enhance their set of soft skills. However, the training of practicerelevant methods and knowledge has so far been covered by alternative programs (e.g. traineeships), exclusively organized, financed and conducted by firms, and did not involve the responsibility of universities. Therefore, for the I.PhD, conflict between involved firms and universities can be expected. In order to analyze the potential of the Industrial PhD as an answer to the question of how to effectively make engineering education more practice-oriented, the present study analyses qualitative data on the experience of both industry and university actors with I.PhD programs. Questions on a) the motives and b) the perceived challenges allow valuable insights in the functionality of the I.PhD in terms of its success in its practical conduction. The study results indicate a divergence in the perception of the general value of I.PhD program among both stakeholder groups. Major challenges can be identified, while existing work on PhD training and university-industry research cooperation (UIRC) allow the deduction of success-supporting factors, which can be believed to enhance the effectiveness of I.PhD programs for all parties.
Applying TSSL in Database Schema Modeling: Visualizing the Syntax of Gradual Transitions
Author: Katz, Adi
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Schemata (Cognition),Databases,Visualization,Teaching Methods,Information Systems,Models,Difficulty Level,Cognitive Processes,Instructional Design,Semantics,Web Sites,Syntax,Action Research,College Students,Foreign Countries

Since database conceptual modeling is a complex cognitive activity, finding an appropriate pedagogy to deliver the topic to novice database designers is a challenge for Information Systems (IS) educators. The four-level TSSL model that is known in the area of human-computer interactions (HCI) is used to explain and demonstrate how instructional design can minimize extraneous cognitive load in the conceptual modeling task of designing a database schema. The instructional design approach puts focus on the syntactic level of TSSL, to explain how visualizing gradual transitions between hierarchic levels of the schema is effective in database modeling. The current work demonstrates the approach, and at the next phase we plan to experimentally test the effectiveness of the approach by comparing performance and attitudes of students who are exposed to emphasizing the syntax of the gradual transitions in schema structure to those who are not exposed to it.