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edu.au Maria Montessori developed three developmental stages within the primary school setting. These stages serve as a guide and help teachers in considering the education approach they need to take. In order for children to achieve each of these stages they need to start with a foundation in order for teachers to reach higher ideals with their students (Gobbi‚ 1998‚ pg76). A child’s intelligence is continually increasing as they complete each developmental stage. Montessori states that these
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The Montessori approach to education takes its name from Dr. Maria Montessori‚ an Italian physician and educator (1870-1952). Dr. Maria Montessori developed her educational philosophy as a result of her observations of the way children naturally learn. Dr. Maria Montessori’s first class consisted of 50-60 children‚ ages 3-6‚ and most of them suffered from problems in nutrition and were shy and fearful since they lived in the slums of Florence‚ Italy. Montessori found that the children needed very
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focusing on Maria Montessori’s point of view on children’s development during the first few years of life. Firstly‚ the essay will outline the planes of development and the two embryonic stages proposed by Montessori (Montessori‚ 2007a). Then‚ a detail explanation of what is the sensitive period (Montessori‚ 1966) will be included and link to each stage of child development with practical examples. Lastly the essay will conclude with the importance of facilitating the sensitive periods during the early
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Sensitive Periods Table of contents Sensitive Periods Main points Characteristics Sensitive period for Order Sensitive Period for Perfecting Movement Sensitive Period for Language. Sensitive Period for the Senses and small objects. Sensitive Period for Social Relations Significance For Education Adults Role. SENSITIVE PERIODS Main Points The term "Sensitive Period" was first used by Hugo De Vries
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Grace Cynthia Purnomo Hadi DMT 101 Montessori Philosophy 14 February 2015 The Art of being a Directress A child is a unique individual‚ who has the potentials‚ the sensitive periods‚ and the absorbent mind as the internal aid to help him learn directly from the prepared environment and other children. In her book‚ the Montessori Method‚ Maria Montessori said‚ “To stimulate life‚ - leaving it then free to develop‚ to unfold‚ - herein lies the first task of the educator. In such a delicate task‚
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programs were created. Interestingly‚ the Montessori approach is a specialized method created by Maria Montessori. The Montessori Method; which is widely used today was created with the focus of children learning from their environment (Morrison‚ 2009). Montessori’s are not aimed at talented and gifted children; this method is expressed in public and private school settings in conjunction with children attending up to age 18. In addition‚ Montessori serves the needs of children of all levels
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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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deviation is a defense created when development cannot proceed in a normal way. All children have some deviation‚ some worse than others. If these deviations are not corrected‚ they will become progressively worse and eventually permanent. Maria Montessori has proven through many years of experience that normalisation causes the disappearance of many childish traits‚ not only those which are considered to be deviations but also others which are generally thought to be virtues. Among the traits that
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As part of this assignment I will write about the historical developments of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sector in Ireland‚ History of ECCE provision in Ireland Pre-school education did not really exist in Ireland apart from a few exceptions until the 1980s and 1990s. This was largely due to the fact that until quite recently the majority of Irish women did not work outside the home. Even if they did the childcare was usually provided by family members or childminders located in
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