The Social Context of Middle School: Teachers, Friends, and Activities in Montessori and Traditional School Environments

Autor/inn/en	Rathunde, Kevin; Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Titel	The Social Context of Middle School: Teachers, Friends, and Activities in Montessori and Traditional School Environments
Quelle	In: Elementary School Journal, 106 (2005) 1, S.59 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-5984
DOI	10.1086/496907
Schlagwörter	Social Environment; Educational Environment; School Restructuring; Traditional Schools; Montessori Schools; Middle School Students; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Class Activities; Comparative Analysis; Friendship; Multivariate Analysis; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Traditioneller Unterricht; Montessori-Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Freundschaft; Multivariate Analyse; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This study compared the time use and perceptions of schools, teachers, and friends of approximately 290 demographically matched students in Montessori and traditional middle schools. We used the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) and questionnaires and conducted multivariate analyses showing that the Montessori students (a) reported more positive perceptions of their school environment and their teachers, and (b) more often perceived their classmates as friends while at school. ESM time estimates suggested that the 2 school environments were also organized in different ways: Montessori students spent more time engaged with school-related tasks, chores, collaborative work, and individual projects; traditional students spent more time in social and leisure activities and more time in didactic educational settings (e.g., listening to a lecture, note taking, watching instructional videos). These results are discussed in terms of current thought on motivation in education and middle school reform. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10