Research paper on Montessori Education {Kierre Davis} (American Public Universty} Abstract This research paper intends to explain and describe factors and features of Montessori education and Montessori school. It illustrates the practical implementation of Montessori education. It is an old method of education operating since 100 years. It started from the indigent nursery school in Rome and afterwards‚ it continued to expand at a larger scale. Approximations specify that over 5000 schools
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On August 31st 1870‚ Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle in the province of Alcona‚ Italy to father Alessandro Montessori and mother Renilde Stoppani Montessori. Her father‚ being a soldier‚ had old-fashioned ideas‚ conservative manners and apparent military habits. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ was a bright well-educated woman. Being a well-read person‚ she also encouraged Maria to do the same. For Renilde it was important for girls to have a good education. With Renilde’s influence‚ Maria
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result in a child’s regression. Montessori first used the term normalization (Montessori‚ 1966) to describe the observations that she saw in her classroom work with children in Italy in the 1960’s. The concept of normalization is recognised as a series of characteristics that define the point at which children concentrate with unbroken repetition and acquire self discipline for a task or activity that ultimately results in self-satisfaction. Montessori (1966) identified the child’s conversion
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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 ideas on their younger students; especially kindergarteners. I want to be able to use many of Maria Montessori’s ideas in my
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only as an educator. She handles disputes‚ without judging. She offers support when a child lacks confidence in himself. “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” Maria Montessori. “Free the child’s potential‚ and you will transform him into the world”. Maria Montessori. That’s important not only for the child but the teacher as well. The teacher’s role is to offer support and encouragement in order for that individual to have trust in themselves‚ and confidence
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1. Which are the traits of character in Dr. Montessori do you identify that contributed to her great achievements? Dr. Maria Montessori was a keen observer of children. She used her observational and experimental proclivities from her medical background to develop‚ what we might today call‚ a Constructivist understanding of the process of learning. She studied them scientifically. If she saw some unusual behavior in a child‚ she would say‚”I won’t believe it now‚ I shall if it happens again”
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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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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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Ana Ortiz Sensorial The Senses The basic five senses that we were all taught are visual (seeing)‚ auditory (hearing)‚ olfactory (smelling)‚ gustatory (tasting)‚ and tactile (touching). Most of the Montessori sensorial activities revolve around these senses. Everything humans do involves using one or more senses. It is through the senses that infants discover the world. Without one’s senses‚ the brain would be a prisoner to the skull. Humans experience these sensations through interactions with
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especially interested in mathematics. Rather than find them boring and absurd‚ they find them interesting and absorbing. It is a fact that most children in our Montessori schools manage to achieve great enthusiasm while working with mathematics. Is the preparation of their minds that allows them to reach this pleasure." Maria Montessori‚ London Lectures‚ 1946‚ p 41 Mathematics has always been a difficult subject for students. Many children have developed phobias and barriers towards mathematics
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