Date of Award
12-2022
Document Type
Action Research Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education, Montessori
First Advisor
Patricia Barton
Second Advisor
Sarah Hassebroek
Department/School
Montessori Early Childhood
Abstract
"The objective of this action research was to see if daily voluntary yoga and meditation influence intrinsic motivation in a 3-6-year-old Montessori classroom. The time frame of this study was over six weeks in the beginning of the school year at an urban public Montessori school. The children who participated in the study were eighteen 3-6-year-old students. The experiment included using two apps, one for meditation and one for yoga, every morning for forty-five minutes. Children were welcomed to join when they were ready and leave when they felt refreshed. Some positive effects of our research were an increase in work productivity, emotions towards work and themselves, and an increase in children being focused on work. To expand this research in the future, we would track data for longer than a six-week period and track data prior to starting research to measure a baseline."
Recommended Citation
Laviolette, Nicole. (2022). The Influence of Yoga and Meditation on Intrinsic Motivation in Early Childhood Education. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/493