montessori philosophy - fundamental lesson
“Another characteristic quality of the lesson in the "Children 's Houses" is its simplicity. It must be stripped of all that is not absolute truth. That the teacher must not lose herself in vain words, is included in the first quality of conciseness; this second, then, is closely related to the first: that is, the carefully chosen words must be the most simple it is possible to find, and must refer to the truth.” (P 108) Montessori, Maria .. The Montessori Method. New York: Schocken Books Inc., 1964.
Comment on the above statement and explain what Montessori mean by “Fundamental lesson”. Explain how Montessori directress understanding of the fundamental lesson guides her teaching.
Born in Chiaravalle in the Province of Ancona in 1870, Maria Montessori was the first woman to practise medicine in Italy, having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rome in 1896. As a physician, Dr. Montessori was in touch with young children and became profoundly interested in their development. Through careful and exhaustive scrutiny, she realised that children construct their own personalities as they interact with their environment. She also observed the manner in which they learned as they spontaneously choose and worked with the materials she provided.
Her approach to education stemmed from a solid grounding in biology, psychiatry and anthropology. She studied children of all races and cultures in many countries around the world, soon seeing the universality of the laws of human development played out before her. She continued her observations throughout her life, widening and deepening her understandings.
In the early 1900 's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work and observations in the 'Case dei Bambini ' in Rome, Italy. Dr Montessori began her work by developing methods to educate mentally retarded children, the method she developed was used with several children who at age eight took the state
Comment on the above statement and explain what Montessori mean by “Fundamental lesson”. Explain how Montessori directress understanding of the fundamental lesson guides her teaching.
Born in Chiaravalle in the Province of Ancona in 1870, Maria Montessori was the first woman to practise medicine in Italy, having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rome in 1896. As a physician, Dr. Montessori was in touch with young children and became profoundly interested in their development. Through careful and exhaustive scrutiny, she realised that children construct their own personalities as they interact with their environment. She also observed the manner in which they learned as they spontaneously choose and worked with the materials she provided.
Her approach to education stemmed from a solid grounding in biology, psychiatry and anthropology. She studied children of all races and cultures in many countries around the world, soon seeing the universality of the laws of human development played out before her. She continued her observations throughout her life, widening and deepening her understandings.
In the early 1900 's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work and observations in the 'Case dei Bambini ' in Rome, Italy. Dr Montessori began her work by developing methods to educate mentally retarded children, the method she developed was used with several children who at age eight took the state
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