ideal society. Dewey goes about demonstrating this idea by highlighting three different educational theories and then examining them from that position. He discusses the educational philosophies of Plato‚ the eighteenth century‚ and the nineteenth century under the context of what each society held to be its driving values. Dewey concludes his argument by stating that education in a democracy is the “freeing of individual capacity in a progressive growth directed to social aims” (Dewey‚ 1916‚ p. 20)
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Title: The Montessori Education System General Purpose: To inform about another type of education Specific Purpose: To inform about the Montessori Education System Thesis: Education can come in many forms‚ Montessori Education System is just one of these many forms. Transition: What type of education did you have? Education can come in many forms‚ the Montessori Education System is just one of the many forms. Today‚ I would like to take a few minuets of your time to tell you a bit more about the
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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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The Montessori is another approach and is named after Dr Montessori who developed a method of teaching that could be used with each and every child. Her classroom practices and ideas have had a great impact on the education of young children. Montessori saw that children learn best by doing and that happy self-motivated learner form positive images of themselves as confident‚ successful people. [5] She realised that freedom was the most important factor in allowing children to develop. She also believed
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Sensorial education helps develop a child’s intellect. Whether you believe intelligence is genetic or produced by environment‚ you can further it by education. Intelligence is built upon by experiences and thought processes. The Montessori materials for ages 2 1/2 to 6 are designed to help the child’s mind develop the necessary skills for later intellectual learning. Sensorial impressions of child’s environment are not the same as sensorial education. Impressions are feelings and not an intellectual
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to vast numbers of young people and during this time the argument over aims has gained momentum” (Noll‚ 2011). This statement has led many Americans to ask the question‚ “Should schooling be based on Social Experiences”? Philosophers such as John Dewey would answer yes to this sensitive question‚ while holding the opinion that the school is the testing ground to prove that education can fuse knowledge with experience. Some may further hold the view that a child-focused approach to education puts
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JOHN DEWEY CONTENTS 1. EARLY LIFE 2. WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY 3. WORK IN PHILOSOPHY 4. EDUCATIONAL REFORMS 5. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM 6. CONCLUSION EARLY LIFE "If I were asked to name the most needed of all reforms in the spirit of education I should say: ’Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life‚ and make of it the full meaning of the present life.’" - John Dewey John Dewey‚ an American philosopher‚ psychologist‚ and educational
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was a famous doctor and teacher; she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School‚ and she was one of the first female physicians in Italy. Montessori worked with children for most of her life; teaching them‚ observing them‚ and taking care of them; her theory was: “Children teach themselves if only we will dedicate ourselves to the self-creating process of the child (Gordon and Brown 13-336).” She believed that
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EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey (December 10‚ 1851 – December 26‚ 1931) was an American librarian and educator‚ inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification‚ and a founder of the Lake Placid Club. The American librarian and reformer Melvil Dewey established the Dewey decimal system of classifying books and played a prominent role in developing professional institutions for librarians . Melvil Dewey was born in Adams centre‚ New York‚ on December 10‚ 1851
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Dewey Decimal Classification The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)‚ or Dewey Decimal System‚ is a proprietary library classification system created by Melvil Dewey in 1876.[1] It has been revised and expanded through 23 major editions‚ the latest issued in 2011.[2] Dewey was responsible for all revisions until his death in 1931. A designation number‚ such as Dewey 16 for the 16th edition‚ is given for each revision. A library assigns a DDC number that unambiguously locates a particular volume
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