THE EARLY YEARS: Evaluating Montessori Education

The early years. Evaluating Montessori education.

Playful Learning and Montessori Education

Although Montessori education is often considered a form of playful learning, Maria Montessori herself spoke negatively about a major component of playful learning—pretend play, or fantasy—for young children. In this essay, the author discusses this apparent contradiction: how and why Montessori education includes elements of playful learning while simultaneously eschewing fantasy. She conclude...

Montessori education and its scientific basis

Italians have always revered the arts and promoted the infusion of beauty and fi ne design into the quality of everyday life. Perhaps it is this distinctive cultural fl air, revealed in fi elds such as architecture, painting, interior design, graphics, fashion, and cuisine, that has infl uenced Italy also to become a giant in the fi eld of early childhood education. In the 20th century, Italy h...

"Fine Designs" from Italy: Montessori Education and the Reggio Approach

The Yale Plan of Medical Education: the early years.

This paper considers the early years of the Yale Plan of Medical Education, which has come to be called the Yale System. It chronicles and analyzes the incremental development of the System and considers evaluations of the plan and modifications introduced over time. Also considered are external factors which influenced design and implementation. The paper covers the period of medical education...