develop naturally. She believed that every child held the ability to learn but only needed to be shown or guided on how to correctly do so. The teachers role in the class room is to cater for these needs. Montessori believed that only a certain type of person suited the role of a Montessori teacher “The teacher must derive not only the capacity‚ but the desire‚ to observe natural phenomena. In our system‚ she must become a passive‚ much more than an active‚ influence‚ and her passivity shall be
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As we look back in modern American history‚ there are three sizable reform periods from 1890 through the 1960’s. These three periods were The Progressive Period‚ 1890 to 1914‚ The New Deal‚ 1933 to 1938‚ and The Great Society‚ 1964 to 1968. The ultimate goal of these reform periods was to improve the United States Economically‚ Socially‚ and Politically. The Progressive Period helped the nation economically by dislodging the monopolies that provided utilities to the urban areas. This formulated
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Introduction to Reading Reading is an ability which develops during the Sensitive Period for Language‚ fro prenatal hearing to the ‘Explosion into Reading’‚ around the age of five. Reading is an extension of the development of Vocabulary‚ the child discovers how a known word looks in graphic form after she has become a fluent speaker and has benefited from indirect and direct Enrichment Activities‚ the Three Period Lesson‚ Language Training and Writing. It is impossible to read an unknown word meaningfully
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Sensitive Periods Sensitive periods‚ refers to times in our lives when we are biologically primed to respond to certain influences in our environment. Montessori believed that the most critical times were from infancy to the age of 6. She believed that the period was transient‚ and limited to acquiring a particular trait. Once acquired‚ the specific sensibility disappeared. Sensitive periods are critical for growth and development. They allow the child to connect with the environment
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The Montessori teacher plays an important role in the Montessori environment. The teacher needs to acquire a deeper sense of the dignity of the child as a human being‚ a new appreciation of the significance of his spontaneous activities‚ a wider and thorough understanding of his needs. The most essential part of the teacher is that the teacher should go through spiritual preparation. The moral preparation is necessary before one is fit to be entrusted with the care of the children in a principle
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A Biography of Dr Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was born on the 31st August 1870 in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy. Her father‚ Alessandro‚ was an accountant in the civil service‚ and her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ was well educated and had a passion for reading. The Montessori family moved to Rome in 1875‚ and the following year the young Maria enrolled in the local state school on the Via di San Nicolo da Tolentino. As her education progressed‚ she began to break through the barriers which
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Define the term Sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines he’s/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. According to Montessori that it is very easy for a child to acquire certain abilities such as language‚ discrimination of sensory stimuli‚ and mental modeling of the environment at certain periods this is what Dr. Montessori called Sensitive periods. (Montessori‚ 1966). In my easy I’m going
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to be made to Erikson’s relevant psychological stages of personality development‚ emphasizing the importance of a supportive social environment. • Consider research that determines how early attachment impacts social and emotional development of three to five year olds and adults. Bowlby (1969 cited in Nicholls & Kirkland‚ 1996‚ p.55) states that an important element in the development of secure attachment is maternal sensitivity. This is necessary in order to engender an infant’s confidence
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child. Dr. Montessori used the term normalization to distinguish one of the processes that she saw in her work with the children at San Lorenzo in Rome. This process‚ the process of normalization‚ occurs when development is proceeding normally. She used the word normalization as she believed that these wonderful traits‚ these impressive qualities belonged to all children and was not a characteristic found only in some children. Through her work at Casa dei Bambini‚ Dr. Montessori observed an
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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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