Philosophy & History Paper Maria Montessori was born in 1870 and in 1896 became the first female doctor in Italy‚ graduating from the University of Rome’s medical school. In 1899 she was in charge of director of an Orthographic School‚ a school for children who were regarded as ’hopelessly deficient’. For 2 years‚ she worked with these children and under her direction‚ the children developed to such an extent that a number of them were able to read & write well enough to be successful at a public
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The Montessori prepared environment. In Montessori philosophy there are three leading factors that make up the methodology: the environment‚ including all the materials; the directress‚ and the child. The prepared environment will be the focus of discussion and will underline: the principles of the prepared environment‚ how to set up the environment; and its importance in childhood development. There are five basic principles that must be adhered to in any Montessori environment these are: Freedom
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Maria Montessori The Secret of Childhood (Chp. 6 Page 29) Every child has a certain potential and an unconscious urge to carry out activities. He is very curious in nature and wants to develop his own powers to reveal himself. Maria Montessori termed this urge as the spiritual embryo.
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DISCIPLINE and discipline managing techniques 1. What is Discipline? Discipline has always been an essential and difficult aspect of education for without discipline there can be no effective teaching (Dreikurs et.al.1998:80). The meaning of discipline and the techniques of dealing with misbehaviour have been modified throughout the preceding decades. Especially the consolidation of democracy has transformed the sense of discipline and methods that were regular and acceptable ten or twenty years
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development of his mind‚ comes through his movements.” (Montessori‚1995‚ chapter 13‚ page 131.) The above clearly explains Maria Montessori’s conclusion that it is only through the practice of movement that a child can learn and develop. For this reason she decided to incorporate the area of Practical Life into her classroom‚ as this is where the practice begins. Through the exercises of Practical life‚ the child learns to adapt to his environment‚ learn self-control‚ see himself as part of a society and
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urban community. Some people view graffiti as a form of vandalism because of the act of defacing property. Others may view graffiti as a form of art and self expression. Although its artistic merits cannot be denied‚ graffiti is still in fact a form of vandalism. There are four primary motivating factors for graffiti vandalism: fame‚ rebellion‚ self expression‚ and power. Graffiti vandals that use graffiti for fame choose a style that attracts the eye of the urban community. In this form of graffiti
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The Montessori teacher plays a radically different role from more well-known roles in relation to children such as parent‚ babysitter‚ friend‚ primary grades teacher or traditional pre-school teacher. The vision we all have of a teacher‚ standing before the blackboard and giving a good lesson to the whole class‚ is very seldom a part of what Montessori teachers do. This is because the founder of this new challenging educational system for young children below six years old‚ Dr. Maria Montessori believed
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Essay on Montessori Language Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call ‘civilization’. The child’s language developments during his or her early years are freely remarkable. Describe how does the Montessori environment aid the child’s language development? What is civilization? “Civilization is a term used to describe a certain kind of development of a human society”(2). In ancient Egypt‚ writing was first discovered in the form of paintings
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the prepared environment. Dr Maria Montessori started her observational studies after opening Casa dei Bambini or Children’s House in 1907. “It would be a great mistake” she says to believe that‚ by merely observing children‚ we were led to form such a new idea as that of the existence of a hidden nature in the child‚ and that such an intuition gave rise to a special school and a special method of education.” Montessori at Casa dei Bambini discovered the world within a child
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