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Montessori education is a pedagogy based on the development of a child's natural intuition and curiosity. The teachers lead rather than teach, motivating the student to explore through activity. The student's spontaneous exploration cannot be dictated or controlled by the environment; therefore, the architect's role is to create an experiential architecture, one that exploits the context of pedagogy, site, and material to create a series of spaces to inspire within the individual a feeling unique to each. This thesis aims to create an environment that promotes the learning process through the design of a private Montessori school in Alexandria, VA on the Potomac waterfront. The concept of the thesis suggests that success in education can be associated with the school's environment and design. The building teaches by itself and improves the learning process by creating a comfortable and didactic space. Furthermore, designing an elementary school demands the architect to look at the world through the child's eyes since their scale is different from adult people. Architects should consider the scale of the spaces, both in terms of size and perception of a child, to efficiently use the space. And by incorporating design aspects that are usually disregarded in traditional schools, such as daylighting and natural ventilation, the school becomes less of an institution and more like a welcoming home, just as Maria Montessori described it. "A more just and charitable attitude would create an environment in which children were free from the oppression of adults, where they could really prepare for life. The school should feel like a shelter from the storm or an oasis in the middle of a desert, a safe haven for the child's spirit." - Maria Montessori / Master of Architecture / Montessori education is a pedagogy based on the development of a child's natural intuition and curiosity. The teachers lead rather than teach, motivating the student to explore through activity. The student's spontaneous exploration cannot be dictated or controlled by the environment; therefore, the architect's role is to create an experiential architecture, one that exploits the context of pedagogy, site, and material to create a series of spaces to inspire within the individual a feeling unique to each. This thesis aims to create an environment that promotes the learning process through the design of a private Montessori school in Alexandria, VA on the Potomac waterfront. The concept of the thesis suggests that success in education can be associated with the school's environment and design. The building teaches by itself and improves the learning process by creating a comfortable and didactic space. Furthermore, designing an elementary school demands the architect to look at the world through the child's eyes since their scale is different from adult people. Architects should consider the scale of the spaces, both in terms of size and perception of a child, to efficiently use the space. And by incorporating design aspects that are usually disregarded in traditional schools, such as daylighting and natural ventilation, the school becomes less of an institution and more like a welcoming home, just as Maria Montessori described it. "A more just and charitable attitude would create an environment in which children were free from the oppression of adults, where they could really prepare for life. The school should feel like a shelter from the storm or an oasis in the middle of a desert, a safe haven for the child's spirit." - Maria Montessori

Play is important in a child's development, growth and education. Children must be given a space where--in place of formal education--wonder and the love of play can be fostered and encouraged, allowing them to transition into becoming young individuals. By constructing a building with them in mind, children are offered opportunities to discover, play, and wonder. / Master of Architecture / This thesis challenges the typical symmetrical, standard, or traditional school system in an attempt to teach children concepts of light, shadow and color, geometry and to provide them with a sense of their natural environment, or surroundings all while inviting them to learn in a playful matter.

Yes / In this chapter, I will interpret the Zone of Proximal Development from the perspective of chronotope or time-space configuration. From here, I will explore the ‘zone of playful proximal development’ and contrast it with a zone of serious proximal development. At the heart of the playful I suggest is the possibility of joint, spontaneous improvisation.

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OFEMILY KLINGENSMITH, for the Master of Fine Arts degree in THEATER, presented on April 5, 2024, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: FROM PROPOSAL TO PRODUCTION: THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE PLAY, “PHILOTEN; AND HER PATTERN OF PAINFUL ADVENTURES”MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Jacob Juntunen, PhD This thesis details the developmental process for the full-length play, "Philoten; and Her Pattern of Painful Adventures", which was produced by the SIUC School of Theater and Dance in April 2024. "Philoten; and Her Pattern of Painful Adventures" is a one-act play that follows the female protagonist, Philoten, through a series of memories from her past to discover the truth necessary for her future. The characters and some of the circumstances for this play are inspired by "Pericles; Prince of Tyre", a play attributed to William Shakespeare, which was itself inspired by the ancient text "Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri". The thesis begins in Chapter 1 by discussing the origins of the script and the pre-writing research process. Chapter 2 details the writing of the first draft and the editing process over the Summer and Fall of 2023. Chapter 3 contains the final production script of "Philoten; and Her Pattern of Painful Adventures". Finally, Chapter 4 contains a reflection on this development process and a summary of my work in this program.

Child-centered play therapists are taught unique relationship building approaches and therapeutic methods to utilize when working with children. The purpose of this study was to determine if adult clients counseled by child-centered play therapists would demonstrate greater positive therapeutic outcomes than adult clients who were counseled by non-educated child-centered play therapists. This study also attempted to determine if the play therapists' clients would show greater, significant improvement in any particular areas of client distress (i.e., depression/anxiety, relationship issues), more so than the clients of the non-play therapists. Archival data from an assessment, The Adult Self-Report Inventory (ASR), was gathered to measure reported pre and post-test client symptomology. This study utilized a 2X2 repeated measure ANOVA design to analyze the impact of counselors who were educated in child-centered play therapy who saw adult clients, versus their non-play therapy counterparts who saw adult clients. Before treatment pre-test and after treatment post-test administration was collected for use in the analysis. The population consisted of 60 adult clients seeking counseling services at a major university in the southwest. All clients were seen by Master's practicum students for ten sessions. The clients were divided into two groups - 30 were seen by play therapists, 30 were seen by non-play therapists. Five scales on the ASR were measured using a 2x2 split-plot design and Eta squared. There were three independent variables: group, measurement occasion, and the interaction between group and measurement. The results of this study did not reveal any statistical significance. However, clinical significance was demonstrated as the play therapists' clients did report greater reductions in symptomology on all five scales, some more than others.