What Does It Mean to Be an ‘Expert Generalist” and What Does the Montessori Teacher Need to Make This a Realistic Statement?
Paper 6 | November 27
2012
| What does it mean to be an ‘expert generalist” and what does the Montessori teacher need to make this a realistic statement? | Mali Engelbrecht |
Table of contents:
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………p 4
Enlightened generalist ……………………………………………………………………………p 4-8
Pre-school vs. elementary ………………………………………………………………………p 5
Cosmic Education …………………………………………………………………………………..p 5
Parent education and communication ……………………………………………………p 6
Tim Seldin ………………………………………………………………………………………………p 6&7
Traditional vs. Montessori ……………………………………………………………………..p4,6&7
Role of the enlightened generalist………………………………………………………….p 4-8
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………p 8
Directress – Historically, the designation for the lead teacher in a Montessori classroom. The role of the instructor is to direct or guide individual children to purposeful activity based upon their observation of each child’s readiness. The child develops his own knowledge through hands-on learning with didactic materials he chooses.
Cosmic education – Maria Montessori believed in cosmic education for elementary-level children a “vision of the universe” to help them discover how all parts of the cosmos are interconnected .As they develop respect for past events, they become aware of their own roles and responsibilities in the global society of today and tomorrow.
Montessori – The term may refer to Dr Maria Montessori, founder of the Montessori Method of education, or the method itself.
Planes of development – Four distinct periods of growth, development, and learning that build on each other as children and youth progress through them: ages 0 – 6 (the period of the “absorbent mind”); 6 – 12 (the period of reasoning and abstraction); 12 – 18 (when youth construct the “social self,” developing moral values and becoming emotionally independent); and 18 – 24 years (when young adults construct an understanding of the self and seek to know
2012
| What does it mean to be an ‘expert generalist” and what does the Montessori teacher need to make this a realistic statement? | Mali Engelbrecht |
Table of contents:
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………p 4
Enlightened generalist ……………………………………………………………………………p 4-8
Pre-school vs. elementary ………………………………………………………………………p 5
Cosmic Education …………………………………………………………………………………..p 5
Parent education and communication ……………………………………………………p 6
Tim Seldin ………………………………………………………………………………………………p 6&7
Traditional vs. Montessori ……………………………………………………………………..p4,6&7
Role of the enlightened generalist………………………………………………………….p 4-8
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………p 8
Directress – Historically, the designation for the lead teacher in a Montessori classroom. The role of the instructor is to direct or guide individual children to purposeful activity based upon their observation of each child’s readiness. The child develops his own knowledge through hands-on learning with didactic materials he chooses.
Cosmic education – Maria Montessori believed in cosmic education for elementary-level children a “vision of the universe” to help them discover how all parts of the cosmos are interconnected .As they develop respect for past events, they become aware of their own roles and responsibilities in the global society of today and tomorrow.
Montessori – The term may refer to Dr Maria Montessori, founder of the Montessori Method of education, or the method itself.
Planes of development – Four distinct periods of growth, development, and learning that build on each other as children and youth progress through them: ages 0 – 6 (the period of the “absorbent mind”); 6 – 12 (the period of reasoning and abstraction); 12 – 18 (when youth construct the “social self,” developing moral values and becoming emotionally independent); and 18 – 24 years (when young adults construct an understanding of the self and seek to know
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