I choose Maria Montessori’s theories on education because I believe that her ideas make the most sense when it involves children learning in the classroom and at home. Her theories of observation and hands on learning were given much recognition in the twentieth century. She was recognized as one of the pioneers of early childhood education. (Kramer‚ Rita Marie. 1988. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Reading‚ MA: Addison-Wesley). Most schools today are still using several of Montessori’s theories and
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Cooperative Learning/ peer review- The purpose of this strategy would be to have the students work together to arouse curiosity and help them learn the material. Sometimes students will be more eager to learn if they are working within a small group setting. It gives them a more individualized approach to the material than in a whole class setting. They may be more motivated to participate within a small group setting. To apply this strategy‚ I would separate the students into multiple small groups
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. Book Review: “A Comprehensive Approach to Education from birth to Adulthood” Paula Lillard‚ director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years‚ provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts‚ Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions‚ learn to manage freedom with responsibility‚ and maintain a high level of inte...morePaula Lillard writes a clear and
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STANDARD INDICATORS (CRITERIA) GUIDING QUESTIONS Content Knowledge ● The teacher demonstrates deep knowledge of subject matter content and an ability to organize related facts‚ concepts‚ and skills. ● The teacher activates learners’ prior knowledge‚ experience‚ and interests and uses this information to plan content and to help individual students attain learning goals. ● The teacher connects curriculum to other content areas and real-life settings to promote retention and relevance.
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Overview of Language Teaching Methodology The word "methodology" is itself often misinterpreted or ill-understood. It is usually given lip-service as an explanation for the way a given teacher goes about his/her teaching‚ a sort of umbrella-term to describe the job of teaching another language. Most often‚ methodology is understood to mean methods in a general sense‚ and in some cases it is even equated to specific teaching techniques. It does (or should) in fact mean and involve much more than
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Teachers Day Speech I am talking to you on the special occasion of Teachers’ Day. On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan‚ whose dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence‚ Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people‚ for our students and even for all the parents‚ as the teachers lay the foundation for creating enlightened citizens for the nation. On this day‚ I would like to recall the teachers who helped me in
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Early Childhood Education First grade Experience A.) My successes that I have experience are that I got to teach a little boy how to respond to his teacher in a respectful way‚ and I also taught him how to understand his math better. That made feel great knowing that I taught him how to do these things. The children attached to me easily. B.) The frustrations
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Classroom management is a term used by teachers to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly despitedisruptive behavior by students. The term also implies the prevention of disruptive behavior. It is possibly the most difficult aspect of teaching for many teachers; indeed experiencing problems in this area causes some to leave teaching altogether. In 1981 the US National Educational Association reported that 36% of teachers said they would probably not go into teaching
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About Minor Subject Studies for Students in Teacher Education The choice of minor subjects defines how students qualify as teachers. To obtain a post in basic education and general upper secondary education‚ the ability to teach a second subject if often required (for example mathematics)‚ while in vocational education and adult education as well as in corporate training‚ a minor subject is considered as a means to complete and expand the teacher’s knowledge of the major subject. The first minor
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Introduction To succeed in this complex and diverse world and to be respected from the pupils the teacher needs to develop the fifth core strength — tolerance. Tolerance is the capacity to accept differences in others. Tolerance emerges when a pupil has the security arising from the healthy development of the four previous strengths (attachment‚ self-regulation‚ affiliation‚ and awareness). When the teacher is tolerant the pupil feels safe‚ special‚ and secure ( Klepcova 19) The aim of this paper
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