Year
2015
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Education
Recommended Citation
Gambrill, Stephanie Jeanne, Redesigning & rethinking montessori adolescent education: A hybrid model for the 21st Century, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Education, University of Wollongong, 2015. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4708
Abstract
The study of Montessori early adolescent education principles and practice has been the subject of minimal research to date, in part because most Montessori middle schools have only been in existence for the past ten to twenty years in the USA. Montessori’s vision for adolescent education, dating from 1929, was founded on her notion of the farm school as the ideal learning environment for adolescents. Until recently, the realisation of students boarding at a farm school was found to be practically untenable. Mario Montessori Jnr’s suggestion of the introduction of Pedagogy of Place principles in 1973 permitted alternative possibilities for Montessori adolescent educational settings.
FoR codes (2008)
1399 OTHER EDUCATION
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.