Gilstrap Adrian Dominican Montessori Training Institute May 14‚ 2011 MONTESSORI’S APPROACH AND RECENT BRAIN RESEARCH 2 Abstract New technological advances in brain research allow scientists better understanding of how the brain develops. From birth‚ the task of the brain is to establish and reinforce connections between neurons. Dr. Montessori’s approach on brain development in young children coincides with much of the most recent brain research. Dr. Montessori discovered from her observations
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learning taking place is not the act of teaching‚ or the activity of the teacher. Learning takes place due to the natural ability of the human mind to learn and grow. The teacher’s role is to simply act as a cooperative artist in this production of learning. Maria Montessori thus used the title “directress” to explain the role of the teacher in a Montessori. The teacher is not the primary cause of learning she is rather a facilitator and a guide. They do not simply transfer lessons and curriculums
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Philosophy & History Paper Maria Montessori was born in 1870 and in 1896 became the first female doctor in Italy‚ graduating from the University of Rome’s medical school. In 1899 she was in charge of director of an Orthographic School‚ a school for children who were regarded as ’hopelessly deficient’. For 2 years‚ she worked with these children and under her direction‚ the children developed to such an extent that a number of them were able to read & write well enough to be successful at a public
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Presentations in Montessori has two forms‚ it can be direct presentations and indirect presentations. Direct Presentations has three types: Collective Presentations‚ Group Presentations and Individual Presentations. 3. Presentations are offered when the child is ready for it‚ after observing the child at work and we realized that he or she needs help to go further‚ sometimes you or we will be ask by the child or student‚ ‘‘Please show me how to work with this”? 4. Dr. Marie Montessori says that
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Language Rationale Language‚ simply put‚ is a system of symbols with an agreed upon meaning that is shared within a group of individuals. Maria Montessori understood that children have to learn language‚ that it is not inborn. She also understood the adolescent mind has a long sensitive period for language. Because language is deeply connected to the process of thinking‚ the child will need to be spoken to and listened to often. Each child learns language at their own rate and pace. There can
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Take attendance every hour and call ext 307 to tell Bertha who is absent. Please also mark on my roster sheet who is absent. I expect my room to be a quiet work environment. The kids need to use the bathroom‚ get drinks‚ and go to locker on their 4 minute break between classes. They know my policy for if they act up with a sub. If you have trouble with ANY student‚ send them to ISS for the hour and leave me their name. Make each hour clean up before leaving‚ please. Students are allowed to
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BACKGROUND Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870. Though most of the information on Maria’s childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his
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Maria Montessori‚ the first Italian woman to qualify as a physician‚ is renowned worldwide for her devotion to the philosophy of education and for the educational method that bears her name. Amongst others ground-breaking innovations‚ Montessori had a unique approach to discipline and obedience in the education of children. In this essay I will define and explain the terms ‘discipline’ and ‘obedience’‚ paying particular attention to the relationship between them. I will then address the issue of
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Association Montessori Internationale From Dr. Montessori’s “A New World and Education” By Dr. Maria Montessori First published in 1947 Dr. Maria Montessori spent the years between 1939 and 1946 in the Indian SubContinent. During those seven years she gave a number of courses and public lectures‚ including a course in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1944. Her lecture “A New World and Education” was edited by A. Gnana Prakasam and published under the auspices of AMI‚ Ceylon in 1947. In his introduction
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having a negative effect on all members of the family. However‚ growing up in a single parent household has proved to be very difficult and often traumatic for children. Daughters specifically are affected differently when their fathers are the absent parent of their home. The daughters can potentially experience behavioral and academic effects from living without and father in their lives. These effects can greatly alter the lives of the daughters. When considering the effects on the daughter
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