like a light that shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world." The Secret of Childhood p. 42‚ Chap 7 A sensitive period refers to a transient state that children go through that is focussed upon one particular area. Montessori had read about these periods of sensitivity in the development of animals‚ but soon realised that she was seeing similar qualities in the interests of the children. "A child learns to adjust himself and make acquisitions in his sensitive periods
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Maria Montessori was one of them. Maria was born in 1870 and became the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree. She embedded herself into her work and made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry‚ anthropology and education. Maria was acclaimed for her education method that built on the way children learned naturally. She believed in order expand any system of education a favorable environment must be created to allow the flow of a child’s natural gift. Maria Montessori was
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periods such as‚ refinement of motor skills‚ sensitivity to small objects‚ social behaviour and sensory refinement. (Daily Montessori-Montessori Education‚ www‚ 27/09/10) Maria Montessori believed that the first phase of the absorbent mind period is from birth to three years and that this is the most important time in a child’s development‚ as the child unconsciously learns his/her basic skills. She called this the period of unconscious creation. Through this time she believed that the child needs order
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3 2.6 Development of imagination and creativity. 3 2.7 Development of emotional and spiritual life. 3 2.8 Stage of child’s growth 3 2 DIAGRAM OF 8 PPP 5 2 POWER OF ATTENTION 6 3 PREPARED ENVIRONMENT HELPS TO MAXIMIZE POWER OF ATTENTION 9 3.1 Freedom. 9 3.2 Structure and Order 9 3.3 Reality and nature 9 3.4 Beauty and atmosphere 9 3.5 Montessori material 9 3.6 Development of community life 9 4 ROLES OF A TEACHER 10 1 OVERVIEW (diagram) 2 EIGHT PRE-DETERMINED PYSCHIC PATTERNS
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order and clarity within the mind and to distinguish what is essential from what is accidental… To satisfy this need‚ he should have an exact‚ scientific guide such as that which is to be found in our apparatus and exercises.” Dr. Montessori – The discovery of the child‚ chap.6 Dr. Montessori describes sensorial materials as the key to the universe. Discuss the statement and give examples to support your discussions. Senses are points of contact through which the stimuli enter and make
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periods of growth being; phase one – birth to six years which is known as the Absorbent Mind (Montessori‚ 1966 and 2007a)‚ phase two – six to twelve years known as Childhood and then phase three – twelve to eighteen years which is referred to as Adolescence. The first phase is basically divided into to two sub stages‚ the spiritual (Montessori‚ 1966 and 2007a) and the social embryonic (Montessori‚ 2007a) stage. “The developing child not only acquires the faculties of man: strength‚ intelligence
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“Education should no longer be mostly imparting knowledge‚ but must take a new path‚ seeking the release of human potentials.” In the above mentioned lines Dr. Maria Montessori wants to convey that purpose of education is not just transfer the knowledge from person to person or teacher to students but to help students release their full human potential. It is not just that teachers give and students take either way they get understood or not. “Education is a natural process carried out by the
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August 31‚ 1870 – Maria Montessori was born in Chiaraville‚ Ancora‚ Italy. It has been well-known that Montessori’s father‚ Alessandro Montessori‚ an official of the Ministry of Finance‚ was very conservative and military like. He was often against her choice to learn‚ but the two had a strong relationship. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ on the other hand always supported her decisions because she too was very well educated. 1890 – She graduated Regio Istituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci‚ a technical
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The Montessori teacher plays an important role in the Montessori environment. The teacher needs to acquire a deeper sense of the dignity of the child as a human being‚ a new appreciation of the significance of his spontaneous activities‚ a wider and thorough understanding of his needs. The most essential part of the teacher is that the teacher should go through spiritual preparation. The moral preparation is necessary before one is fit to be entrusted with the care of the children in a principle hitherto
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This essay will briefly discuss the notion of ‘sensitive periods in development‚’ as introduced by Hugo de Vries and researched by Maria Montessori. It will further list Montessori’s explanation of the sensitive periods and their importance in a child between the ages of 0 and 6 years. Two examples will be discussed through personal reflection to demonstrate the author’s understanding of these periods. Many theorists such as Piaget‚ Vygotsky‚ Freud and Erikson have examined the idea that every
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