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    Maria Montessori

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    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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    Mind and Montessori

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    However‚ Maria Montessori observed a much more natural process at work among human beings that did not need to be taught‚ much less drilled‚ into the human psyche. She believed that discipline‚ obedience and a person’s will go hand in hand and it would be quite impossible to have one without the other. We can quite easily see that in order to obey in any meaningful sense there must already be the will to do so. This thought process requires a level of discipline. Discipline to Montessori is not something

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    self-construction‚ which had been interrupted‚ is now taken up again‚ as nature has intended all along.” E.M Standing‚ Maria Montessori: her life and work‚ pg 174 Learning‚ by itself‚ cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes‚ write our name‚ wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations‚ there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration‚ and her methodology is designed to nurture this power. Concentration

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    Who is Maria Montessori

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    Practical Life Rationale Paper 1. Who is Maria Montessori? Please give a brief description of her life. Maria Montessori was the founder of the Montessori approach to education‚ she was born in Italy in 1870. As a teenager she was an engineer‚ but later she studied her favor major of medicine. Graduated as Italy’s first female medical practitioner she embarked on a career in mental health. Following on from this she was asked to head up a childcare project for a social housing initiative and her

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    In Montessori education‚ the term “normalization” has a specialized meaning. “Normal” does not refer to what is considered to be “typical” or “average” or even “usual”. “Normalization” does not refer to a process of being forced to conform. Instead‚ Maria Montessori used the terms “normal” and “normalization” to describe a unique process she observed in child development. Normalization refers to the focus‚ concentration and independence of the child‚ by his own choice. It means the child has acquired

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    Absorbent Mind - Essay

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    A mind which is able to absorb knowledge quickly and effortlessly is called the absorbent mind. A child from birth till the age of six has an absorbent mind. The learning takes place in a very amazing and special way. The mind absorbs everything from the environment and the environment plays a very important and critical role in the early brain development. During this period the brain receives‚ processes and stores everything from the environment without any effort and discrimination and this form

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    Maria Montessori Sensorial

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    Sensorial area expands the child sensory perceptions and knowledge of the world. Maria Montessori called sensorial materials the "key to the universe" because they enable the to perceive‚ identity and classify what he sees‚ touches‚ smells‚ taste and hears. SENSORIAL The Sensorial area of the classroom uses the Sensorial Material to address the child’s Sensitive Period for the Refinement of the Senses. Dr. Montessori stated that the “Sensorial Materials are the keys to universe.” The first step for

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    Absorbent Mind Essay 3

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    SECTION 2 QUESTION III ABSORBENT MIND (0-6 YEARS) A child gains knowledge from the environment through the absorbent mind. Dr Montessori considered nothing is more important for the man than his absorbent mind‚ which shapes the adult and adapts him to any kind of social order‚ climate or country. Absorbent mind is the stage or period whereby a child absorbs or soaks in information‚ impressions‚ and impressions effortlessly from the environment consciously and unconsciously. It is one of the

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    ’s physical development is more or less complete while psychologically it is still in the embryonic state. For this reason Dr. Maria Montessori called that the human being is still a "spiritual embryo" when it is born. "Man seems to have two embryonic periods‚ one is prenatal like that of the animals; the other is postnatal and only man has this." -The Absorbent Mind‚ p55‚ Chapter 7. “A child possesses an active psychic life even when he cannot manifest it‚ and must secretly perfect this inner

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    MARIA MONTESSORI BIOGRAPHY Maria Montessori was born on August 31‚ 1870‚ in Chiaravalle‚ Italy. In 1907 she was placed in charge of the Casa dei Bambini school. By 1925‚ more than 1‚000 Montessori schools had opened in the United States. By 1940 the Montessori movement had faded‚ but it was revived in the 1960s. During World War II‚ Montessori developed Education for Peace in India‚ and earned two Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She died May 6‚ 1952‚ in Noordwijk aan Zee‚ Netherlands. Early Life

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