Abstract/Details

AN ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE INFLUENCE OF MARIA MONTESSORI'S WORK ON THE INFANT AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1910 TO 1933

VANN, PATRICIA FENN.   University of Connecticut ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  1981. 8205167.

Abstract (summary)

Did the work of Maria Montessori have an influence on the educational methods used in the infant and elementary school classrooms in England and Wales between 1910, when her work was first publicized in England, and 1933, when the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education published its report on Infant and Nursery Schools? To answer this principal question the following factors are considered: the effect on educational practices of the slow development of government provided education, the characteristics of the British Infant School, the social and political circumstances which were effecting education in 1910, the nature of Montessori's fame, and the official reaction to Maria Montessori and her work.

For information concerning the methods actually being used in the classrooms from 1928 to 1933, the primary sources are memoranda submitted during that period to the Consultative Committee on the Primary School and to the Consultative Committee on Infant and Nursery Schools. The documents were analyzed for references to Montessori, for evidence of teachers having attended Montessori training courses, and for descriptions and advocacy of classroom methods which, according to a definition given by the Consultative Committee in its published report, reflect a Montessori influence. Eleven of thirteen Junior School Inspectors, six of thirteen Infant School Inspectors, and eleven of sixteen Heads of Infant Schools, according to the criteria used, advocate Montessori methods for more than half of the curriculum areas which they discuss. This evidence from the memoranda submitted to the Consultative Committees, combined with conclusions drawn from historical evidence, indicate that Maria Montessori did have considerable influence on the schools of England and Wales.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Elementary education
Classification
0524: Elementary education
Identifier / keyword
Education
Title
AN ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE INFLUENCE OF MARIA MONTESSORI'S WORK ON THE INFANT AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1910 TO 1933
Author
VANN, PATRICIA FENN
Number of pages
361
Degree date
1981
School code
0056
Source
DAI-A 42/09, Dissertation Abstracts International
ISBN
9798661019141
University/institution
University of Connecticut
University location
United States -- Connecticut
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
8205167
ProQuest document ID
303105737
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/303105737