Jean Itard and his student Edward Seguin both influenced Maria Montessori in 3 major ways. Both Itard and Seguin used meticulous observation and was very scientific in their study and in recording data. We see in much of her philosophy that she approached her work in the same way. It was this approach that caused her to observe the children during learning‚ rather than try to teach them. She wanted to see what she could learn from their behavior. She found that they were interested
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Q: Montessori in the Absorbent Mind writes that “the hands are instruments of man’s intelligence”. It is therefore critical that children develop the ability to control and coordinate their hand muscle so that these can come into contact with the environment in intelligent ways. Discuss the principles underlining the practical life exercises and how it fosters independence in children. Dr Maria Montessori was the founder of Montessori Method of education. She devised a method of education which
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The Stages of development according to Dr. Montessori and an explanation of what happens during each “re-birth”. Dr. Montessori defined 4 stages of development. She identified that within these stages of development it is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next stage. She talks about the re-birth of a child and describes it like passing through a kind of metamorphosis. The 1st and 3rd stages are periods of intense creation‚ while the 2nd and 4th stages are the calm periods
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delivering ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized sounds and signs‚ thus‚ being the spoken and written language. It is part of the human tendencies to want to communicate with others and this could underlie the emergence of language. Montessori said‚ “To talk is the nature of man.” Humans needed language in order to communicate‚ and soon‚ the powers that come with language revealed. The evolution of the human language began when communication was done through pictograms and drawings.
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what does the Montessori teacher need to make this a realistic statement? | Mali Engelbrecht | Table of contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………p 4 Enlightened generalist ……………………………………………………………………………p 4-8 Pre-school vs. elementary ………………………………………………………………………p 5 Cosmic Education …………………………………………………………………………………..p 5 Parent education and communication ……………………………………………………p 6 Tim Seldin ………………………………………………………………………………………………p 6&7 Traditional vs. Montessori ……………………………………………………………………
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Next to the family‚ the Montessori classroom is the place of importance in the world of a child. The Montessori classroom is a social institution that not only determines the present state of the child but also their future. In “The Absorbent Mind”‚ Dr Maria Montessori wrote‚ “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies‚ but the first one‚ the period from birth to the age of six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself‚ his greatest implement is being formed…At
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impression that discipline has to be exerted forcefully upon a person. This differs greatly from the Montessori perspective of discipline being created from within a child rather then being imposed from the outside. Discipline rises naturally within a child when s/he is given freedom within limits. Montessori says that freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline. Montessori believed that the first dawning of real discipline comes through work. When a child becomes engaged
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An Outline and Evaluation of Moral Development through Piagets Theory and the Social Learning Theory Piaget (1932) developed a major theory based on children’s cognitive methodology when approaching particular moral situations; using the game of marbles and moral stories/dilemmas to evaluate the moral development a child. In his evaluation he categorised children into three stages of moral development i.e. pre-moral (0-5yrs)‚ Moral Realism (5-8/9yrs)‚ Moral Relativism (+9yrs). Concluding that
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Discipline and obedience are two words used to imply a strict way of learning. Montessori‚ on the other hand‚ saw these as a natural instinct that came from within. In this essay I intend to show that with the correct conditions the child can become self-disciplined and have the ability to obey without the need of force‚ reward or punishment as Montessori described. The understanding of discipline‚ according to the dictionary‚ is described as ‘the practice of training people to obey rules or a
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another are generally very fast‚ and the stages always follow an invariant sequence. Another important characteristic of his stage theory is that they are universal; the stages will work for everyone in the world regardless of their differences Piaget acknowledged that there is an interaction between a child and the environment‚ and this is a focal point for his theory. He believed a child cannot learn unless they are constantly interacting with their environment‚ making mistakes and then learning
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