Refine your recording skills You already know about the importance of ensuring that you document information about children that is: clear and accurate free of assumptions and judgements positive and optimistic specific and descriptive avoiding bias and stereotypes. In this learning topic we will further refine your recording skills. We will look at the need for detailed and significant information in observations and the importance of making observations valid and professional. Activity
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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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The Montessori teacher plays a radically different role from more well-known roles in relation to children such as parent‚ babysitter‚ friend‚ primary grades teacher or traditional pre-school teacher. The vision we all have of a teacher‚ standing before the blackboard and giving a good lesson to the whole class‚ is very seldom a part of what Montessori teachers do. This is because the founder of this new challenging educational system for young children below six years old‚ Dr. Maria Montessori believed
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Math in My Life This year in Algebra 2 class I have learn some very interesting and important topics. Throughout this past school year I have grown and learned how to use these newly learned skills and my understanding of algebra is now complete. In math class this year‚ I believe I did fairly well and received almost got all A’s. I think I passed this class is because math in general comes easy to me. I only studied in the beginning of the year‚ as the latter part of the year came much easier.
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experiments. Students at this level will learn how to formulate a hypothesis‚ and through keen experiences prove and or disprove a theory. This form of exploration appeals to the curiosity and imagination of a six to nine years old child. Maria Montessori pointed out that every element in our world has some important task to perform. This task will not only satisfy its own need but also contribute to the need of others in the process. This is one of the many facets of cosmic education. Cosmic education
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“The Montessori Method” Review Paper Lisa Ahlgrim National Louis University Maria Montessori was a visionary woman‚ passionate about providing quality education to all children. Born in 1870‚ at a time where few women attended college and were not expected to work in any area other than teaching‚ Maria grew up determined to become a doctor in spite of society‚ and even her father’s reservations. She was not accepted into the University of Rome‚ but with her spirit of perseverance‚ Maria gained
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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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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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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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Dr Montessori emphasises the importance of the development of imagination. How do cultural activities in a Montessori prepared environment aid in this development? Imagination‚ also called the faculty of imagining‚ is the ability of forming mental images‚ sensations and concepts‚ in a moment when they are not perceived through sight‚ hearing or other senses. Imagination is the work of the mind that helps create fantasy. Imagination helps provide meaning to experience and understanding to knowledge;
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