Throughout history‚ humans have relied on their ingenuity and adaptability for survival. Regardless of race‚ country‚ or culture‚ people follow similar patterns of exploration‚ inventiveness‚ and creativity. After years of careful observation‚ Maria Montessori was able to identify the importance of tendencies that compel human beings to construct and refine the world around them. The practical application of the Montessori Method is based on human tendencies to explore‚ move‚ share with a group
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The Human Tendencies “The love of activity‚ the yearning for freedom‚ the urge for obedience‚ the impulse to confirm to laws which are at the heart of all creation – these qualities make man the unparalleled work of Nature” (Montessori‚ M.‚ From Childhood To Adolescence‚ 1973) Discuss the eight human tendencies as developed by Dr. Montessori and her followers. Show how children show these tendencies during the three main stages of development. Discuss how you think knowledge of human tendencies
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One of the great discoveries made by Dr. Montessori was that all humans have certain tendencies or behavior patterns. No matter where we live‚ no matter our culture or ethnicity‚ we all follow the same natural laws that lead us to act or react in a specific manner. We are all driven to: Communicate Socialize Imitate Explore (we are curious) Move Be exact/precise Concentrate Repeat Maintain/discover order Achieve independence Realize perfection/Control errors/Improve ourselves Control
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The Tendencies of Human Here are the tendencies of humans as defined by Maria Montessori: • Orientation. Human beings want to know their relationship to the environment around them. When children enter a new environment‚ they often want to look at and touch everything around them. They enjoy knowing "where" they fit in - from learning their address to finding their country and continent on a map. • Order. People prefer order to chaos and confusion. Order brings predictability and security. There
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Human tendencies Every human‚ regardless of culture‚ place or time of birth‚ exhibits several tendencies. Guided by these tendencies at each stage of development‚ human seeks out the experiences in their environment that will best serve his development. Human being try to create order‚ to find meaning‚ to explore environments‚ to communicate with people around him‚ to pursue activities that are meaningful to become precise in his movements and in his thinking‚ and to work towards self-perfection
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The Human Tendencies February 2‚ 2013 Humans were given the gifts of intelligence‚ love‚ reason and will. We have the power to modify and adapt to any environment based on our needs. Human beings evolved in a unique way and are endowed with intelligence‚ instincts and movement. There were three elementary needs to keep us alive: food‚ shelter and clothing. Our early ancestors found a means to sustain these basic needs on the first day of their existence. The ability to satisfy the need for
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The Cosmic Responsibility: An Essay on Human Needs‚ Task and Tendencies Dr. Montessori’s educational aims are to help the development of the child; and to help him adapt himself to (a) the physical conditions of his environment; (b) to the social requirements dictated by the way of life of the group of people among whom he lived – the society. For adaptation thus considered stability plays a great role because it represents the basis from which to start from towards the realization of the individual’s
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HUMAN TENDENCIES Intro • Human Tendencies are natural impulses that direct an individual to perform certain actions or activities without a conscious plan • These tendencies then were given to man to help us to serve and satisfy our fundamental needs. • They are the force/drive behind all achievement • Universal • Innate • Unconscious • Have them from birth to death • It is not an instinct – animals have instincts/humans have tendencies • They use tendencies to gain skills the needs
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Sensitive Periods: The sensitive period for small objects In her work Dr. Montessori identified what she called Human Tendencies - lifelong tendencies that serve us in adaptation‚ etc. (Which I’ve written about previously) - and Sensitive Periods - short lived "windows of opportunity" for learning something specific with the greatest ease. The brain of the child from before birth to about age 6 has periods of ’sensitivity’ for certain things. From before birth‚ and lasting until 3‚ there is
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Montessori Montessori Method has not only developed in the United States‚ but has spread worldwide. There are over 4000 Montessori schools in the United States and Canada‚ and total about 20‚000 worldwide. Parts of the world include Asia‚ Western Europe‚ New Zealand‚ Australia‚ and Central and South America. The general impression is that all Montessori schools are the same‚ however‚ there is a great deal of diversity within the school system; no two schools are the same. Montessori schools
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