A teacher's awareness of why a learning object must be treated in accordance with variation theory and embodiment promotes a more constructive and effective way to direct children's learning¶
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q2 i? In a qualitative single-case formative intervention, discussing critical content aspects with the teacher increased her awareness and appeared to improve how she directed children's learning. → Ahlquist 2020
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Ahlquist 2020¶
Ahlquist, E.-M. T., & Gynther, P. (2020). Teaching in the Montessori Classroom: Investigating Variation Theory and Embodiment as a Foundation of Teachers' Development. Journal of Montessori Research, 6(1). https://journals.ku.dk/jmr doi:10.17161/jomr.v6i1.12051
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Qualitative single-case study with a formative intervention in a Swedish Montessori class with 7- and 8-year-olds, analyzed with Epistemological Move Analysis across five observed sessions. The authors report the teacher's theoretical awareness "seemed to help her successfully use epistemological moves in a more encouraging and constructive way."
"this teacher's awareness of why a specific object of learning was to be treated in accordance with variation theory and embodiment seemed to help her successfully use epistemological moves in a more encouraging and constructive way."
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Related Claims¶
- After formative intervention, the teacher's presentations shifted from instruction-only moves to including generative, confirming, reconstructing, and reorienting moves — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- In the owl game, being shown the solids and working with pictures and labels did not help two boys distinguish solids; body-based experience with contrastive guidance was needed — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Embodied dance improvisation supports physics engagement and sense-making — related
- Bringing out the necessary pattern of variation and invariance in the learning situation enhances the likelihood that the object of learning is appropriated — related
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A teacher's awareness of why a learning object must be treated in accordance with variation theory and embodiment promotes a more constructive and effective way to direct children's learning |
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A teacher's awareness of why a learning object must be treated in accordance with variation theory and embodiment promotes a more constructive and effective way to direct children's learning |
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