How the directress assist the child in psychic development.
Yes, I agree to this statement.
“Education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.” (Dr . Maria Montessori; The Absorbent Mind, Chap.1)
The founder of the Montessori Method of Education was Dr .Maria Montessori. She was born in Italy in 1870 and became the first women doctor in her country’s history. She devised a method of education, which combines a philosophy with practical approach based on the central idea of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment. The great pioneering achievement of Dr .Maria Montessori was to recognize the crucial importance of the child’s first six years of development. Montessori felt that there is an urgent need for new education since the prevailing educational system cannot find a solution to the many problems faced by man. She felt that if we could focus our energies on children, understand them, we should be able to provide for an educational system that will help solve problems faced by the world instead of going to war. She believed that if education followed the natural development of the child, then society would gradually move to a higher level of cooperation, peace and harmony.
Montessori felt that adult should not assume that the child is an empty vessel waiting to be filled with our knowledge and experience. She also felt that adult must aim to diminish their egocentric and authoritarian attitude towards child and adapt a passive attitude in order to aid in his development.
Montessori discovered a world within the child. Through her observations of the child, Montessori became convinced that he possesses an intense
“Education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.” (Dr . Maria Montessori; The Absorbent Mind, Chap.1)
The founder of the Montessori Method of Education was Dr .Maria Montessori. She was born in Italy in 1870 and became the first women doctor in her country’s history. She devised a method of education, which combines a philosophy with practical approach based on the central idea of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment. The great pioneering achievement of Dr .Maria Montessori was to recognize the crucial importance of the child’s first six years of development. Montessori felt that there is an urgent need for new education since the prevailing educational system cannot find a solution to the many problems faced by man. She felt that if we could focus our energies on children, understand them, we should be able to provide for an educational system that will help solve problems faced by the world instead of going to war. She believed that if education followed the natural development of the child, then society would gradually move to a higher level of cooperation, peace and harmony.
Montessori felt that adult should not assume that the child is an empty vessel waiting to be filled with our knowledge and experience. She also felt that adult must aim to diminish their egocentric and authoritarian attitude towards child and adapt a passive attitude in order to aid in his development.
Montessori discovered a world within the child. Through her observations of the child, Montessori became convinced that he possesses an intense