The Research On Cross-age Interaction In Experimental Class Of Montessori Educational Model

Due to the family planning policy in our country, only-child has become the special group of our society and the education of only-child has also become one of the concerned matters. There is a lack of cross-age interaction in family for only-child. The preschoolers seldom have the chance to play with different-age peers because the most kindergartens mainly host the same-age classes. Therefor, in view of only-child's development in our country, the research on the value of the cross-age interaction has important actual sense in preschoolers'healthy development.The purpose of this paper focused on the cross-age interaction in experimental class of Montessori educational model. Three methods are adopted in this research, observation method, literature analysis method and interview method. The author conducted a natural observation in experimental class of Montessori educational model of a kindergarten and documented the cross-age interaction episodes narratively by combining quantitative and qualitative methods together. The author analysesd the distinct characters of cross-age interaction. On the basis of this, the author gave some tentative advice for teachers and parents in order to improve the quality of the cross-age interaction.This research mainly consists of four parts. Part one, it is the proposition of questions. Part two and part three, the qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to analyze data. The author revealed the essential features of cross-age interaction through the analysis of the statistics and the episodes. Part four ,we put forward some proposals for teachers and parents. In one word, the purpose of the research is to make the cross-age interaction be a new way of social learning of preschoolers and promote the value of cross-age interaction from the potential state to real one.