Maria Montessori was an educator from Italy who created an educational method for children where all focus was on the needs of the child. She used self-directed‚ materials-centered and interactive education methods. She thought that child has an absorbent mind from birth to around age 6 and also that children can always learn to be better. Role of the director was to introduce the materials for the child. Use of the five senses‚ kinetic movement‚ spatial refinement‚ small and large motor skill coordination
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unparalleled work of Nature” (Montessori‚ M.‚ From Childhood To Adolescence‚ 1973) Discuss the eight human tendencies as developed by Dr. Montessori and her followers. Show how children show these tendencies during the three main stages of development. Discuss how you think knowledge of human tendencies helps us when educating children. Give examples to support your answer ******************************** One of the greatest discoveries made by Dr. Montessori was that all humans love certain
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like a light that shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world." The Secret of Childhood p. 42‚ Chap 7 A sensitive period refers to a transient state that children go through that is focussed upon one particular area. Montessori had read about these periods of sensitivity in the development of animals‚ but soon realised that she was seeing similar qualities in the interests of the children. "A child learns to adjust himself and make acquisitions in his sensitive periods
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(Maria Montessori – The discovery of the child) Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind‚ one that is naturally inclined towards order. This ‘special’ mind is what gives humans the ability to make judgments and to calculate; it is how we have progressed in fields such as engineering and architecture. Dr. Montessori called this ‘the mathematical mind’ - a term borrowed from the French physicist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Montessori felt that‚ if we
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“Education should no longer be mostly imparting knowledge‚ but must take a new path‚ seeking the release of human potentials.” In the above mentioned lines Dr. Maria Montessori wants to convey that purpose of education is not just transfer the knowledge from person to person or teacher to students but to help students release their full human potential. It is not just that teachers give and students take either way they get understood or not. “Education is a natural process carried out by the
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Maria Montessori was one of them. Maria was born in 1870 and became the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree. She embedded herself into her work and made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry‚ anthropology and education. Maria was acclaimed for her education method that built on the way children learned naturally. She believed in order expand any system of education a favorable environment must be created to allow the flow of a child’s natural gift. Maria Montessori was
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Montessori believed that the imagination be encouraged through real experiences and not fantasy. She felt very strong that this powerful force was not wasted on fantasy. It was important to allow a child to develop their imagination from real information and real experiences. Montessori believed that young children were attracted to reality; they learn to enjoy it and use their own imaginations to create new situations in their own lives. They were just excited about hearing a simple story of a
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of The Teacher By Clare Walker 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
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Diploma in Montessori Method of Education (For Teaching Children from 2 ½ to 6 years old) This is a foundation Montessori training course. It is suitable for students wishing to work with or to teach children from 2 ½ to 6 years of age. The Diploma is awarded by Modern Montessori International‚ London. Entry Requirement:- 3 credits in SPM (1 credit in English and any other 2 credits). Good standard of both written and spoken English. Duration:- Approximately 14 months Mode of Study:
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3 2.8 Stage of child’s growth 3 2 DIAGRAM OF 8 PPP 5 2 POWER OF ATTENTION 6 3 PREPARED ENVIRONMENT HELPS TO MAXIMIZE POWER OF ATTENTION 9 3.1 Freedom. 9 3.2 Structure and Order 9 3.3 Reality and nature 9 3.4 Beauty and atmosphere 9 3.5 Montessori material 9 3.6 Development of community life 9 4 ROLES OF A TEACHER 10 1 OVERVIEW (diagram) 2 EIGHT PRE-DETERMINED PYSCHIC PATTERNS (PPP) Each child carries within himself a unique potential. In here‚ it is termed as Pre-determined Psychic
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