MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY ESSAY 10/06/06 RADEN DAVIS Explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from the Montessori perspective and discuss how discipline and obedience are linked to the development of the will. The word discipline’ has a harsh connotation in today’s society. It conveys images of strict teachers with canes and authoritarian figures laying down the law. It is something enforced by external forces and maintained by fear of repercussions or punishment. But this kind
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Montessori Philosophy Question: Explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from the Montessori perspective. Explain how discipline and obedience are linked to the development of the will. Maria Montessori (1988) believed that the discipline of a child is something to come‚ not something that is already present. It means discipline must be stimulated‚ observed and let it grow by itself. How to start stimulating or awakening discipline inside a child? Montessori says‚ " an individual
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Observation Assignment Location: Fashion Square Mall‚ Orlando Begin time: 3:16pm End time: 3:37pm Date: Wednesday May 30‚ 2012 I am sitting just before the escalator to go upstairs to the food court and movie theater. I am sitting on a wooden bench with my girlfriend to my left. There are many shops surrounding me such as Champs‚ Pacsun‚ Traffic‚ Lids‚ Home Elements and Dollar Tree. The area that I will be observing is about 50 feet by 100 feet. There are 4 potted trees around me‚ one to my
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My observation was of Mrs. Richardson Pre-Kindergarten (4 year-olds) about 20 minutes of class time. Observation began at 9:00 AM and ended at approximately 9:20 AM. I watched Mrs. Richardson as she greeted every last one of the students that had arrived at that time with a great big hug and high five the students were very excited to see‚ Mrs. Richardson they were all smiling as they sat down in their seats. There were two school aides and eleven children that arrived in the room at that time. After
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OBSERVATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN “By observation‚ we mean closely watch‚ listen to and generally attend to what a child is doing‚ and record your findings as accurately and objective as possible”. Reasons why observations are so important: To ensure normative development To know where children are in terms of Holistic development To plan developmental appropriate activities. To have a record of children’s progress in case of be required for the stakeholders (parents or other professionals)
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Laura Taylor Paul Kincs Child and Adolescent Psych 26 April 2010 Child Observation This time‚ I decided to observe children between the ages of five and six in a kindergarten class room at Maddock Public School. Maddock is a smaller school and there were only five children in the class‚ all of them were boys. I knew this would be an interesting day‚ because we learned in class that boys tend to be a little bit more active and disobedient‚ but I was definitely looking forward to it. I went
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that is only half the first days observations were not very conclusive. I also noticed that I include people who appeared to be in groups in my observations as singular accounts. I should have counted groups as a different category‚ because door holding in a group is less likely to be a random act of kindness and more likely a way to keep the conversation going and the group together‚ as a result of this I changed my way of recording groups on my next observation. On November 29th I observed
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play is not simply a reproduction of what he or she has experienced‚ but a creative reworking of the impressions that he or she has acquired (Vygotsky). This simple phrase is meant to carry the notion that observation and documentation is key in understanding young children as learners. Observation and documentation of children has been an important part of early childhood teaching throughout history (Stuart Reifel‚ 2011). In the early nineteenth-century German educator Friedrich Froebel encouraged
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his mother happened to come pick him up about 10 minutes into my observation. Luckily I happened to notice Alex because of the behaviors and actions he exhibited. The frequency recording was also difficult to mark because there would be minutes passing by where he didn’t show another form centration‚ egocentrism‚ parallel play‚
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Marcy Laber CSV Competency Statement V I am not only held accountable to myself but to my colleagues‚ children and their parents. I provide the parent with a true authentic look at their child when I collect formal assessments‚ informal observations and portfolio samples. It allows me the opportunity to give better individualized instruction‚ create groups and have discussions with parents. It is second nature for me to support my colleagues and work as a member of a team. Effective communications
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