Montessori Philosophy: The Planes of Development Most people’s idea of how children grow and develop is a steady continuous movement along a path from point A ’’ birth‚ to point B ’’ adulthood. Maria Montessori’s philosophy on how humans learn differs in that she believed learning for children and youth occurred as a series of waves or cycles. After years of observation‚ Montessori concluded there are four distinct planes of development that everyone must pass through on their way to
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“Development is a series of re-births. There comes a time when one psychic personality ends and another begins”……… “Our work as adults does not consist teaching‚ but in helping the infant mind in its work of development” (Dr Montessori‚ The Absorbent Mind‚ Chap 3) What did Dr Montessori mean by the four planes of development? Describe each plane of development. Explain how we use this knowledge about the child in the Montessori classroom‚ with the main focus at the age group of 0-6 years.
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with Dr. Maria Montessori theory of “ Four Planes of Development ”. According to her there are different types of mentality in the phases of growth which are quite distinct one from another and they correspond with the phases of physical growth. Each of them can be considered as a level or plane of six years and a set of psychological characteristics can be observed in each level and the features of each plane are so different from one to another in a way that the passage from one plane to the next
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PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT Dr. Montessori defined four stages of development and labeled them as four planes of development. Within these stages‚ development is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next. 1st and 3rd planes are period of intense creation‚ while 2nd and 4th planes are calm periods of consolidation. Each plane is approximately six years and has its own special characteristics as follows: 1. FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT : (0-6) ( INDIVIDUAL CREATION OF THE PERSON)
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The Four Planes of Development The first 24 years of a child’s life is divided to four planes or stages of development each consist of a period of six years. Within these stages the development is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next. The 1st & 3rd planes are periods of intense creation‚ while 2nd & 4th planes are the calm periods of consolidation. * Birth to six (infancy) First Plane * Six to twelve (Childhood) Second Plane * Twelve to eighteen (Adolescence)
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2: Context page Page 3: Key words Page 4: Key words Page 5: Introduction‚ physical development Page 6: Physical development‚ social development Page 7: Social development‚ emotional development‚ spiritual development Page 8: Spiritual development‚ intellectual development Page 9: Intellectual development‚ conclusion Page 10: Bibliography Key words absorbent mind: first plane of development where the child has the capability to absorb large amounts of information with ease‚ as
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Dr Montessori identifies four planes of development. Describe these. Discuss their importance to the educator? Montessori was a product of the historical past and inherited the intellectual and progressive tradition in education from Rousseau‚ Pestalozzi and Frobel. From these inspirations Montessori took this inheritance of ideas and developed them further. During her lifetime she discovered and formulated original ideas about child development through her observation of the child. Montessori
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Four Planes of Development "We know how to find pearls in the shells of oysters‚ gold in the mountains‚ and coal in the bowels of the earth‚ but we are unaware of the spiritual gems‚ the creative nebulae‚ that the child hides in himself when he enters this world to renew mankind." The Absorbent Mind‚ Maria Montessori Maria Montessori’s Four Planes of Education was a lecture given by her in 1938 at the Seventh International Montessori Congress. The four planes (or phases) of
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Rina Dhakad Evening Batch FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT Fundamental development takes place from conception to 24 years of age during this‚ Montessori observed four distinct periods‚ or "planes"‚ in human development‚ extending from birth to six years‚ from six to twelve‚ from twelve to eighteen‚ and from eighteen to twenty-four. These four planes of development were used to describe the path of development every child follows‚ from birth to adulthood. She saw different characteristics‚ needs‚
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THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT OUT LINES POINTS: Introduction Classification of Four planes First plane: Birth to 6 > physical development > Intellectual development > social development > Emotional development > Spiritual development Second plane: 6-12 Years > physical development > Intellectual development > social development
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