a child (Montessori 1966‚ 2007a‚ 2007b). There are three terms which require defining prior to understanding the role of a teacher. The first is the term “teacher” as Montessori’s expectations of a teacher are vastly different from what has and is expected. Secondly there are the deviations which hinder a child’s natural path. And the final term “normalisation” which suggests some sort of psychiatric reprogramming‚ but in fact is the exact opposite (Montessori‚ 2007a). A Montessori teacher
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RATIONALE OF PRACTICAL LIFE Many have questioned the true purpose and success of the Montessori method‚ specially the practical life area because it comes across as wasted time where the child spends spooning‚ pouring and playing‚ doing whatever he/she pleases‚ but many don’t know that “Dr. Maria Montessori designed the didactic apparatus as means to the achievement of the sensory‚ motor and intellectual development through the free exercise of the child’s interest” (Dr. Montessori’s own handbook
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inner guide. He is not taught by his parents to walk‚ talk or cry. He is not taught to sing‚ climb or think. According to Maria Montessori‚ this is the real identity of the child‚ the real revelation. “It is necessary to begin the education of senses in the formative period‚ if we wish to perfect these sense development with the education which is to follow” (The Montessori Method‚ page 221) The education of the senses can start from a child’s babyhood and should continue during the entire formative
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create a human being‚ but it does give them scope‚ material‚ direction‚ and purpose. Both philosophers believe that it is the teacher’s task to nurture‚ assist‚ watch‚ encourage‚ guide‚ and induce‚ rather than to interfere‚ prescribe‚ or restrict. Montessori children spend most of their time working with materials under the individual guidance‚ while kindergarten children are usually engaged in group work or games with an imaginative background. Both agree on needing to train the senses‚ but Montessori’s
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Children are naturally interested in activities they have witnessed. Therefore‚ Dr. Montessori began using what she called “Practical Life Exercises” to allow the child to do activities of daily life and therefore adapt and orientate himself in his society. It is therefore the Directress’s task to demonstrate the correct way of doing these Exercises in a way that allows the child to fully observe the movements. Montessori says‚ “If talking don’t move‚ if moving don’t talk”. The directress must also
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workplace. How does Montessori educate the creative potential of the child? Montessori was herself criticized in which she says “so called free drawing has no place in my system”. The Montessori approach is more complex. It can be described as an indirect preparation. She said to confer the gift of drawing we must create an eye that sees‚ a hand that obeys and a soul that feels; and in this task the whole life must cooperate. In the book Discovery of the Child Pg 285 Montessori said “we do not teach
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NAME: Shruti R Jathan ROLL NO: MO 3025 Q1- Describe the life and work of Dr Maria Montessori. Ans: Montessori was born on August 31‚ 1870 in Chiaravalle‚ Italy. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was a military man who had very conservative thinking. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani was well educated and liberal in her ideas and would encourage & support Maria. She also had a loving relationship with her father‚ although he disagreed with her choice to continue her education. Her early school record
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(Dr . Maria Montessori; The Absorbent Mind‚ Chap.1) The founder of the Montessori Method of Education was Dr .Maria Montessori. She was born in Italy in 1870 and became the first women doctor in her country’s history. She devised a method of education‚ which combines a philosophy with practical approach based on the central idea of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment. The great pioneering achievement of Dr .Maria Montessori was to recognize the crucial
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together. This awareness is the central theme of the Montessori method of education. Through the idea of cosmic education and the notion of applied philosophy‚ Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori developed an educational system wherein helping the development of the complete human being is the goal. This paper examines the missing connections‚ exploring how we understand the complexities and chaos all around us‚ and asks how Montessori education may provide a means to connect the dots
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COSMIC EDUCATION INDEX Page 1. Introducton 3 2. Montessori’s View of Cosmic Education 7 3. The Keystone of Montessori Philosophy 25 4. The Five Great Lessons of the Elementary Curriculum 28 5. First Great Lesson - Coming of the Universe and the Earth 29 6. Second Great Lesson - Coming of Life 31 7. Third Great Lesson - Coming of Human Beings 32 8. Fourth Great Lesson - Communication in Signs 33
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