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  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5,565 Views
15 Pages

Maria Montessori’s Educational Approach to Intellectual Disability and Autism: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Research

  • Francesco Domenico Di Blasi,
  • Angela Antonia Costanzo,
  • Maria Agatina Stimoli,
  • Giuseppa Liccardi,
  • Pierluigi Zoccolotti and
  • Serafino Buono

11 August 2025

The Montessori method was originally developed from an examination of children with cognitive disabilities. Numerous studies have explored the application of Montessori principles with typically developing children and adolescents across different ed...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
17,095 Views
11 Pages

20 January 2022

This review examines the quantitative behavioural studies that have evaluated the effects of Montessori pedagogy on children’s psychological development and school learning. The analyses of only three “Randomized Controlled Trials—R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,302 Views
13 Pages

10 December 2022

Godly Play is an approach to religious education for young children between the ages of three and eight. The Godly Play room, modelled on Montessori’s prepared environment, provides opportunities for young children to respond to Sacred stories,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,802 Views
14 Pages

Learning by Heart or with Heart: Brain Asymmetry Reflects Pedagogical Practices

  • Martin Schetter,
  • David Romascano,
  • Mathilde Gaujard,
  • Christian Rummel and
  • Solange Denervaud

31 August 2023

Brain hemispheres develop rather symmetrically, except in the case of pathology or intense training. As school experience is a form of training, the current study tested the influence of pedagogy on morphological development through the cortical thic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,675 Views
12 Pages

Self-Perceptions on Digital Competences for M-Learning and Education Sustainability: A Study with Teachers from Different Countries

  • Manuel Alejandro Betancourt-Odio,
  • Andresa Sartor-Harada,
  • Oscar Ulloa-Guerra and
  • Juliana Azevedo-Gomes

2 January 2021

The current international landscape shows that the most common alternative for the continuity of formative learning processes during the coronavirus pandemic has been the use the of e-learning to support children’s learning in environments outs...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,419 Views
14 Pages

Dementia care currently presents a challenge to healthcare providers on many levels. The rapid increase in the number of people with dementia and the costs of care certainly contribute to these challenges. However, managing the behavioral and psychol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,517 Views
22 Pages

7 December 2020

In research focused on self-efficacy it is usually teacher-related phenomena that are studied, while the main aspects related to pupils are rather neglected, although self-efficacy itself is perceived as a belief in one’s own abilities. Evident...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,326 Views
9 Pages

The aim of the pilot project was to research relationships between the occurrence and level of intensity of primitive reflexes in primary school children, the ability to read an analogue clock and to tell the time. A group of 28 children (14 girls an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,081 Views
16 Pages

Eating Difficulties among Older Adults with Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Scoping Review

  • Dukyoo Jung,
  • Kyuri Lee,
  • Jennie C. De Gagne,
  • Minkyung Lee,
  • Hyesoon Lee,
  • Leeho Yoo,
  • Sarah Won and
  • Eunju Choi

This paper reports a scoping review of the literature on eating difficulties among older adults with dementia in long-term care facilities to identify key concepts, methods of measuring outcomes, interventions, and related factors. A scoping review w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,769 Views
13 Pages

24 April 2024

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is one of the most effective teaching methods to follow the trend of constructivism. Its main premise is the dominant role of the cognitively activated student, who, like the researcher, has the opportunity to pose questi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,618 Views
26 Pages

16 August 2024

The correlation between health and well-being, outdoor activity, and the natural environment in learning environments has been recognised by pioneers like Samuel Wilderspin and modern theorists like Maria Montessori, who have underscored the importan...