Maria Montessori was an educator from Italy who created an educational method for children where all focus was on the needs of the child. She used self-directed‚ materials-centered and interactive education methods. She thought that child has an absorbent mind from birth to around age 6 and also that children can always learn to be better. Role of the director was to introduce the materials for the child. Use of the five senses‚ kinetic movement‚ spatial refinement‚ small and large motor skill coordination
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SELF DISCIPLINE BRINGS HONOUR "Their’s is not to question where and why Their’s is to make no reply Their’s is to just do or die Thus rode the six hundred". Mr president sir‚ these were a few lines from Lord Alfred Tennyson’s famous poem " The Charge of the Light Brigade" . These verses always take my imagination to the Crimean Peninsuala back in nineteenth cenyury. I visualize a force of about six hundred riders confronting a huge legion. This is the last stand of the famous Light Brigade
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DISCIPLINE WITH DIGNITY Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler Biographical Information Richard L. Curwin received a degree from the University of Massachusetts in English and later added a Doctorate of Education from the same institution. Before his work with Mendler he was also a seventh-grade teacher. Allen Mendler‚ with a background as a consultant in both the psychological and educational fields‚ places an emphasis on developing effective frameworks and strategies for educators.
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Discipline means training of the mind so as to make it accept willingly the control of rules or orders. In short‚ it is spontaneous obedience to superior authority It is a valuable lesson to learn. The great nations of the world attained greatness by subjecting themselves to the most rigorous discipline. The ancient Hindus as well as the ancient Spartans insisted on the need of leading a life of restraint‚ even of self-denial. They knew that without strict control‚ man’s energies often go in waste
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ABSORBENT MIND ESSAY Dr Montessori discovered that the child possess a mind which is totally different from that of an adult. The child absorbs all that is found around him‚ very much identical to the process of osmosis. A key word before further development about the absorbent mind would be adaptation. Adaptation might be considered as the trigger point. Why ? From his birth‚ in order to survive and to fulfil his role‚ the infant is adapting himself to the environment. He was
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The comparison of Cyclops’ from historical contexts to new media In Greek mythology‚ the Cyclops was a member of the giant race‚ every one of them having one eye in the middle of their heads. The Cyclops’ were gigantic monsters who originated from Sicily which consumed human beings. Because of their horrific appearance there were banished to the underworld‚ but later set free from their prison by the Greek gods. In the X-Men series‚ the Cyclops is a character that is portrayed as a superhero
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE A Paper Submitted to Dr. David Kitchens In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Personal Evangelism EVAN 565 BY SAMUEL MARRERO 17 DECEMBER 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .........................................................................................................................3 Nature…………………………………………..………….................................................3 Purpose……………………………………………… .....
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Vs. Jean Piaget’s Theory Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget are two educational philosophers whose theories are still being used and influence today’s educational system. Their theories and methods were revolutionary for their times‚ but they came to be greatly respected. Both of these theorist developed their own stages of child development and were able to base education on these stages. Although in many ways Piaget and Montessori were very similar in their thinking they were also
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Movement - the Child’s Muse Maria Montessori foresaw many developments in the study of movement and how it pertains to children and their education. It is necessary to consider how and why movement was such an integral part of her philosophy and how evidence from modern day research confirms the importance of movement in education. Both Montessori and educational specialists draw a link between movement and brain development (Hannaford 1995). This paper will examine how other educational theories
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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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