When most people think of the blues they usually don’t think of Africa or Africans but what might surprise you is that Blues music was developed by African Americans in the early 19th century and the early 20th century. Blues evolved from a genre of unaccompanied vocal music sung by destitute African-American workers. In America Blues music originated from “African spirituals‚ African chants‚ work songs‚ field hollers‚ rural fife and drum music‚ revivalist hymns‚ and country dance music.” Blues in
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Question: 1) Discuss the Life and Works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? Answer: Introduction of Dr. Maria Montessori: In present age we all are familiar with Montessori Education System. But very few of us know that it is named after “Dr. Maria Montessori”; an MBBS Doctor‚ who was the first female physician of France in her time. Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Ancona Italy on 31st August‚ 1870. She belonged to middle –class family. Since
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lost‚ but it probably occurred between 1820-1825 (Bio.com). Harriet Tubman was born into a life that would be extremely difficult. She was born to hard working slaves‚ both of whom worked on the Brodas Plantation on the East Coast (Taylor 21). From when she was a young child‚ Harriet also had horrifying thoughts of her grandparents being kept in chains (Taylor 20). This undoubtedly had an impact on Harriet’s development. Harriet was
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Around 800 C.E. a large group of people called the Vikings sailed down from their homes in Denmark‚ Norway‚ and Sweden and started terrorizing Europe. During their 300-year time‚ they did many things‚ but one of the most important was helping develop Feudalism. The Viking raids helped shift power to lords and nobles and away from kings. The Vikings attacked the outer edge of a kingdom because the king and his army usually lived in the middle‚ two to three weeks away from the outside. Because of
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manner while‚ It is said that the Activity of the child will become purposeful only when or if the materials used is for the purpose it has been created. 2. Presentations in Montessori has two forms‚ it can be direct presentations and indirect presentations. Direct Presentations has three types: Collective Presentations‚ Group Presentations and Individual Presentations. 3. Presentations are offered when the child is ready for it‚ after observing the child at work and we realized that
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Montessori philosophy interprets “discipline” (Montessori‚1988) and “obedience” (Montessori‚ 1988) in a different way than any other philosophy does. This essay intends to discuss and define those two important factors in detail and explains the difference between them.” Discipline” and “obedience” can only be discussed in combination with freedom in a prepared environment. Freedom not only allows the child to progress in his/her own pace‚ it also fosters the child’s emerging inner discipline. However
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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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Introduction The following essay should describe the Role of a Teacher within the specially Prepared Environment as defined by Maria Montessori in her years of observation. In a Montessori School‚ the word Teacher is not used as Directress is used instead. In her writings‚ Maria Montessori used the word “Direttoressa” taken from the Italian word “direttore” which when looking into the meaning of the word is less about telling people what to do but more about steering people in the right direction
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patterns of exploration‚ inventiveness‚ and creativity. After years of careful observation‚ Maria Montessori was able to identify the importance of tendencies that compel human beings to construct and refine the world around them. The practical application of the Montessori Method is based on human tendencies to explore‚ move‚ share with a group‚ to be independent and make decisions‚ create order‚ develop self-control‚ abstract ideas from experience‚ use the creative imagination‚ work hard‚ repeat‚
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Taba in Curzon (2004‚ p185) Armitage‚ et al (1999) looks at exploring the curriculum and asks why our courses look the way they look‚ how they may have developed and how we can understand our courses better in order to help improve the quality of our student’s learning. It also covers definitions of ‘curriculum’ “The curriculum is a formal course of study as at a college‚ university or training provider” This is a definition with which I agree‚ or it is “... the public form of attempting to put
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