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RESEARCH
The American Montessori Society offers annual awards for graduate
level work that furthers the public understanding of Montessori
education. The application deadline for 2011 awards is November
1, 2010. For more information, click
here.
What’s Happening
at AMS?
In 2001, The American Montessori Society Board of Directors established a strategic plan and determined five major goals. One of the goals was for AMS to assume a leadership role to advance and support research in Montessori education.
To date, our efforts have centered on the organization of an active research committee including researchers from a wide range of geographic areas, and with varied backgrounds and areas of study and interest; increased networking with fellow researchers; and increased attention and opportunities for Montessori researchers to gather at AMS conferences for sharing of research interests and activities.
Recent months have seen great progress on the Montessori research initiative.
Using donations earmarked for research efforts, AMS created a part-time,
one-year position for a research coordinator. The research coordinator is
now working with the AMS Research Committee to help position AMS as a support
center and clearinghouse for research related to Montessori education. In
addition, the 2009 AMS Annual Conference saw an increased emphasis on Montessori
research including the first-ever AMS Poster Session. Additions are also
being made to the online Research Library, which now contains several new
research-based articles relating to Montessori education. Exciting things
are happening. Watch for future updates on this important initiative on
this section of the AMS website!
In addition, Montessori Life has
extended a call for research articles to increase circulation of
results that articulate findings related to student outcomes and teacher
practices. We encourage researchers to heed this call and publish their
results. Contact the editors Kathy Carey and
Carey Jones.
AMS is also proud to support several financial awards for outstanding
Montessori dissertations and theses in Montessori education. For
information about the application process and criteria, see the AMS
Thesis and Dissertation Awards Web page.
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ARTICLES
The research on this site has been vetted for relevance
by the AMS Research Committee. Research findings do not necessarily
reflect the view of AMS or the members of the Committee.
If you have research or other information that you would like to
bring to our attention, please contact Dr.
Sharon Damore.
Research Supports Montessori
Education A study published in the September
29, 2006 issue of Science reports that “at
least when strictly implemented, Montessori education fosters social and academic
skills that are equal or superior to those fostered by…other types of
schools.” The study is titled “The Early Years:
Evaluating
Montessori Education” and the authors are Angeline
Lillard and Nicole Else-Quest.
To read about the study, click on:
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AMS Research
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The Committee is working to improve AMS’s leadership in the advancement and support of research in Montessori education. Committee members are available to field questions and engage in dialogue with fellow Montessori researchers. Contact Sharon Damore, Chair of the AMS Research Committee.
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AMS RESEARCH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
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| | Sharon
Damore, EdD, Chair |
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Assistant Professor of Elementary Teacher Education, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Member, AMS Board of Directors
Research Interests: Teacher collaboration, student assessment,
and professional development schools
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| | Janet Hall Bagby, PhD |
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Psychology, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Recipient, AMS 2002 Dissertation Award
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| | Carolyn Daoust, PhD |
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Associate Professor, Montessori Elementary Coordinator, and Director
of Interns, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Recipient, AMS 2005 Dissertation Award |
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Ann Epstein, PhD |
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Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin/La Crosse, La Crosse,
WI
Recipient, 1997 AMS Dissertation Award
Research interests: Accommodations for young children with exceptionalities,
collaborating with parents of young children, technology and early childhood |
| | Maureen Harris, MEd |
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Music Educator and Coordinator, The Children's House Montessori, Ontario, Canada
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Ginger Kelley McKenzie, EdD |
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Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood & Literacy,
Montessori Program, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Member, AMS Board of Directors
Recipient, AMS 1994 Dissertation Award
Research interests: Emergent readers: visual spatial literacy;
Public Montessori schools; Secondary Montessori programs; Montessori public
and private educational leadership. |
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Michelle Moody-Frazier |
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Grants Manager, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL |
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Anna Perry, MEd |
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Executive Director, Seton Montessori Institute and School
Adjunct
Faculty, Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
Research
interests: Public Policy and Advocacy, Teacher Education
and Adult Learning, and Child and Family Relations |
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Ginny Riga, EdD |
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Educational Associate, Montessori Programs, South Carolina State Department
of Education, Columbia, SC
Research interests: Public Schools issues: reading by grade 3,
alternatives to grade repetition, reducing drop-out rates, teacher
job satisfaction (retention), multiage grouping and looping, closing achievement
gap, assessment of "whole child" |
| | Nanette Schonleber, Ph.D |
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University
of Hawaii at Manoa
Recipient, AMS 2006 Dissertation Award
Research interests: Culturally congruent teaching/assessment; reading/Montessori
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Keith Whitescarver, EdD |
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Director, Grantify (Hartford, CT)
Historian, educational consultant
Research interests: history of literacy, history of Montessori
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| | Linda
Zankowsky, EdD |
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Head of School, Wilmington Montessori School, Wilmington, DE
Research interests: Literacy, Assessment, Collaborative Learning Communities,
Leadership, Public Montessori
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The AMS Research
Committee gratefully acknowledges former committee members
Drs. Marlene Barron, John Chattin-McNichols, Betsy Coe, Peggy
Loeffler, and Phyllis Povell for their continued involvement in an
advisory capacity. |
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