The Educational Theory of Maria Montessori Analysts: Adam Cooney Samantha Jones | | RETURN edited 8/18/11 Introduction Maria Montessori left a long lasting mark on education around the world. She is regarded as one of the most famous and accomplished educators of her time. Her philosophies and techniques are studied and utilized in universities and schools today. Her life is a story of remarkable perseverance and achievement. Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31
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Concentration is the key to a child’s ability to learn‚ observation is the key to the teacher’s ability to guide. Systematic observation will help the development of the child. Experimenter: The Montessori Method is based on experimentation done by Dr. Maria. Thus the directress should be one who is able to experiment often and observe the children. Director: Though freedom is important for a child to develop in a house of children‚ it should be such freedom whereby the adult is monitoring the activities
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PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT Dr. Montessori defined four stages of development and labeled them as four planes of development. Within these stages‚ development is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next. 1st and 3rd planes are period of intense creation‚ while 2nd and 4th planes are calm periods of consolidation. Each plane is approximately six years and has its own special characteristics as follows: 1. FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT : (0-6) ( INDIVIDUAL CREATION OF THE PERSON)
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hard. A stool is a friend in that it supports a person in his hardest time‚ guiding him in the right direction while still letting him go his own way. What and why was there a need or use of a stool. It all began in 1749‚ when a Swiss woman named Maria Schitonstool got a great idea (dynasty business). At this time in her life she was struggling to make ends meet‚ due to her gambling addiction. She had reached a point where she could not afford to keep her home heated in the winter‚ and had to resort
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Bibliography: Maria Montessori‚ The Discovery of The Child‚ Random House Publishing Group‚ New York‚ 1967 David Crystal‚ Listen To Your Child‚ Harmondsworth: Penguin‚ 1986 Maria Montessori‚ The Secret of Childhood‚ Ballantine Books‚ 1982
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Gijubhai Badheka From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Girijashankar Bhagwanji Badheka | Born | 15 November 1885 Chittal‚ Saurashtra (region)‚ India | Died | 23 June 1939 Bhavnagar‚ Gujarat‚ India | Known for | Education‚ Reforms‚ Children’s Education‚ Dakshinamurti. Also known as Moochali Maa | Born on 15 November 1885 at Chittal in Saurashtra (region) as Girijashankar Badheka to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala (near Vallabhipur‚ Bhavnagar region)‚ and known as Gijubhai Badheka‚ Gijubhai
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Montessori philosophy interprets “discipline” (Montessori‚1988) and “obedience” (Montessori‚ 1988) in a different way than any other philosophy does. This essay intends to discuss and define those two important factors in detail and explains the difference between them.” Discipline” and “obedience” can only be discussed in combination with freedom in a prepared environment. Freedom not only allows the child to progress in his/her own pace‚ it also fosters the child’s emerging inner discipline. However
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deviations. A deviation is a defense created when development cannot proceed in a normal way. All children have some deviation‚ some worse than others. If these deviations are not corrected‚ they will become progressively worse and eventually permanent. Maria Montessori has proven through many years of experience that normalisation causes the disappearance of many childish traits‚ not only those which are considered to be deviations but also others which are generally thought to be virtues. Among the traits
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Teaching is to be effective and to assist young children to advance on their way on independence. Activities that are introduced to the young children must be those kinds of activities that can be performed by their own will. The young children must be thought how to walk without assistance‚ to run‚ to go up and down the stairs‚ to pick up the fallen objects‚ to dress and undress‚ to clean‚ wash and tidy them‚ to express their needs and thought‚ and to attempt to satisfy their own desires through
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his basic needs remains the same. “base yourself upon the fundamental facts that do not change no matter what the ideology is at any special historical moment or how often ideologies change and by doing so sway men to pursue different channels.” – Maria Montessori Human Needs According to the book Creative Development in the Child: A Montessori Approach(p.288) by Rukmini Ramachandran‚ “A man does not come to the Earth merely to eat and enjoy himself! Like all other forms of life‚ he comes with his
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