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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child has a special mind and Dr. M. Montessori called it “Absorbent Mind”. She thought that there is nothing more important for the man than his absorbent mind‚ which creates the adult and adapts him to any kind of climate‚ country or culture. Without the absorbent mind “…‚ man could never adapt himself to such different places and habits‚ nor evolve in his social manners‚ nor take up such different forms of work.” (M. Montessori 2009‚ “The Formation of Man” Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company‚ part
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Impressions do not merely enter his mind; they form it. They incarnate themselves in him. The child creates his own ‘mental muscles’‚ using for this what he finds in the world about him. We have named this type of mentality‚ The Absorbent Mind’. (Montessori‚ Absorbent mind pg.24) According to Montessori’s research‚ birth to 6 years is the most important stage of a human being. She calls this period of life ‘The absorbent mind’. At this stage the child possesses powers which force him to adapt to his
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conditions determine the extent to which this potential can be achieved. Discuss the statement from your understanding of the spiritual embryo and the importance of hereditary (nature) and environment (nurture) in its development as analyses by Maria Montessori. Many of the genes men carry are similar from one person to the other. However‚ it is the mix of these genes (determined by parentage)‚ makes each one unique. The reason for this is because during conception each parent passes on half of his/her
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At birth‚ the human being’s physical development is (more or less) complete However‚ Dr Montessori said that the new born child is psychologically still in an embryonic state – his inner development is incomplete. For this reason‚ she said that the human being is a ‘spiritual embryo’ when he is born. After birth‚ the child’s task is to create him/herself. The child does this through his interactions with his environment‚ and therefore‚ we must provide the child with an environment which
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discipline and obedience from Montessori perspective and also explain how they are linked to the development of the will. When we think of the children and discipline‚ what often comes to mind is training children in a controlled way‚ drilling instructions and instilling fear of punishment for a child to obey‚ and sometimes also giving rewards once the instructions are followed. We also tend to bribe the child‚ plead with him/her to carry out an exercise. Montessori had different views regarding
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Introduction The Montessori method of education is one of the very unusual approaches of educating young children that has been based on the experiences and research of educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870–1952). The method basically arose from what Dr. Montessori’s discovered and named it the “the child’s normal nature” back in 1907 (Montessori‚ 1972). This happened during one of her experimental observations with young children who had been given the freedom they need d in an environment
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article‚ the author explains how Maria Montessori is best known for her radical contribution in the education for disadvantaged children. Montessori used her scientific skills as a medical physician to develop a new science of pedagogy that has helped in the transformation of education indelibly. By studying how children learn‚ Montessori was able to show educators that even students with disadvantages could be taught by mentally awaking their minds. Montessori changed education by the use of scientific
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observation on the children she was teaching‚ she noticed that there was a process that was unfolding. At the time the children started attending the class most of them were not social‚ could not concentrate because of their background. (Montessori 2007a). Montessori noticed that after a while the children‚ aged between three and six years could concentrate their energy‚ focus their intelligence on a given activity and take satisfaction from their work and were disciplined. She then called this process
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