MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY ESSAY 10/06/06 RADEN DAVIS Explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from the Montessori perspective and discuss how discipline and obedience are linked to the development of the will. The word discipline’ has a harsh connotation in today’s society. It conveys images of strict teachers with canes and authoritarian figures laying down the law. It is something enforced by external forces and maintained by fear of repercussions or punishment. But this kind
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Montessori Philosophy Question: Explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from the Montessori perspective. Explain how discipline and obedience are linked to the development of the will. Maria Montessori (1988) believed that the discipline of a child is something to come‚ not something that is already present. It means discipline must be stimulated‚ observed and let it grow by itself. How to start stimulating or awakening discipline inside a child? Montessori says‚ " an individual
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A short account of the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori Born 31st August 1870 in Chiaravalle‚ Ancona‚ Italy‚ Maria Montessori grew up as the only child of educated parents. Because of his military profession‚ her father‚ Alessandro‚ was often transferred‚ giving Maria unequalled opportunity of education in larger Italian cities. Unlike Alessandro‚ her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ was less conservative supporting Maria’s strong‚ lively character and unconventional convictions. Maria was not
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SENSITIVE PERIODS IN SUMMARY AND IMPLICATION FOR MONTESSORI TEACHERS SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR MOVEMENT • Movement is tied to intelligence KEYWORDS ADDITIONAL IDEAS SENSITIVE TO WHAT Movement/Activity (sitting‚ crawling‚ cruising etc) WHEN DOES IT APPEAR PEAK DISAPPEARS It appears at pre-birth (0 month) 1-2 years At death and cessation of movement (paralysis) DEVELOPMENTAL AIM - To enable the child to explore his own environment - To perfect himself and his personality through work with
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Assignment One Book four: Write a essay on creativity. Discuss aspects off: Young children being in the process of creating themselves. The making of objects of art and crafts‚ a. How the Montessori “ skill builders” assist point 1 and 2 above. Creativity is the making of anything and children are less interested in the product than they are interested in the process. They are learning without an outcome in mind and will construct meaning to any skill acquisition or concept as it requires
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ingredients of the Montessori method : the directress and the prepared environment Motto:’’ The teacher as an adult should try to interpret the child’s needs and meet them as best as he can by preparing a really suitable environment. This may be the beginning of a new epoch in education‚ which will consider how it can assist the life of the child.’’ (Montessori‚ M.‚ The Secret of Childhood‚ Part1‚ Chapter IV: Where adults impede the question of sleep‚ 1963‚ p.79). The child in the Montessori school needs
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down easily." (The Child‚ Society and the World‚ p 24‚ Chap III) Maria Montessori termed a child as a “Spiritual embryo”‚ which is in the embryonic stage of the future fully transformed adult. A society is a group of adults‚ while a group of children can be termed as an embryonic stage of the future society. A group of children is nothing but a school or a place where children spend time together. Hence‚ Montessori termed social development as possibly the most important element in her schools
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The Reggio Emilia Approach‚ a constructivist approach‚ is related to constructivist theorists such as Piaget and Vygotsky. Piaget and Vygotsky offer theories on ways children think cognitively in a developmental manner. Piaget believes that a child is competent‚ when a child learns new things it just enhances their skills further. Vygotsky also believes that a child is competent‚ yet when they are educated it helps them in the process of the ZPD‚ zone of proximal development. According to Piaget
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and Karl Max’s (1844) concern with human freedom and emancipation‚ but the strongest connection is with Aristotel’s theory of political distribution and human flourishing (Clark‚ 2006). The Capability Approach Explained It might be easier to start by making clear what the capability approach is not: it does not aim to be a fully specified theory or a complete and standardized means of analyzing human development. Rather‚ it is a broad and deliberately incomplete normative framework for the
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In order to explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from a Montessori perspective‚ it would be useful define and compare the more common explanations of these terms with the interpretations of Maria Montessori. The development of the child within the Montessori setting and in particular the maturational development of discipline‚ obedience and the will shall then be discussed. In so doing‚ a very close and almost symbiotic relationship between all three will become apparent. Discipline
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