Education and Care in the Early Years (3rd edition‚ Dublin 2007) 2 reasons why childcare is developing Increased participation by women in the paid labour force. Recognition of the value of play and socialisation opportunitites for children’s development. In Ireland today‚ women with young children are forming an increasing proportion of the paid labour around 60% of women with a child under 6 years are now employed and it is recognised that lack of childcare can act as a barrier to employment
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WHY PLE ARE CALLED “AN EDUCATION IN MOVEMENT”? EXPLAIN HOW THE MOVEMENTS ALSO ENHANCE EMOTIONAL & INTELLECTUAL BEING? HOW CAN THESE MOVEMENTS LEAD TO INTEGRATION OF PERSONALITY? Dr. Maria Montessori is the founder of the Montessori method of education. She started her first classroom “Casa dei Bambini” or Children’s House in 1907. Montessori method of education stresses the importance of respecting children - “Help me to help myself”. Montessori education celebrates its 100th year in 2007. The
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As a young child in school I can remember saying to myself‚ “If I were a teacher I would never do that to my students!” At a very young age‚ as young as the first grade‚ my personal philosophy of Early Childhood Education was already in progress and surfacing. My personal philosophy is: to instill good morals and values in all children; respect all children and their families’ cultures‚ ethnicities‚ race‚ beliefs‚ and structure; treat each child fairly to ensure that all children feel equally special;
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Collaboration Essay For this essay I will be giving my thoughts and feeling about how important it is to collaborate with others as you create your lesson plans for your students. Collaborating with other teachers is essential. I was taught that one pair of eyes do a good job; several sets of eyes do a fantastic job. While I was looking over the standards that I wanted to use for my lesson I was very aware that there may be several standards in several subjects that I may be utilizing in my lesson
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The Montessori Method: A Rhetorical Analysis Maria Montessori graduated in 1894 from the University of Rome’s medical school‚ becoming Italy’s first female doctor. This was a feat that reinforced Montessori’s commitment to women’s rights. Living in the 20th century‚ Montessori noticed society’s use of science as an approach to improving education. She believed these strategies were scientifically irrelevant to the teaching of students. In her writing “The Montessori Method”‚ Maria Montessori
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Write a comprehensive note on the role of a teacher in the Montessori classroom. The teacher in a Montessori classroom takes on a completely different role to a teacher in a traditional classroom. So much so‚ that directress or guide are preferred over the word teacher. The reason for this is that it is the teachers main role to guide the children and help the children in their learning. The teacher isn ’t a person who pushes the child to learn when & what she wants them to learn. The teacher
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2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori? Dr. Maria Montessori‚ internationally renowned child educator‚ was originally a medical doctor who brought the scientific methods of observation‚ experimentation‚ and research to the study of children‚ their development and education. As a doctor‚ Montessori came to believe that many of the problems of the children she was working with were educational rather than medical. In examining education she felt that children were not achieving their
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"Education should be considered not as a moulding of perfectly plastic substances‚ nor as a filling of empty minds‚ nor as a creation of powers‚ but rather as the provision of opportunity for healthy bodily and mental life. I am only one. But still‚ I am one. I cannot do everything‚ but still I can do something‚ and because I cannot do everything‚ I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” February 27‚ 2013 the day I was scheduled for my teaching demo to the first year students‚ major in
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Subject Pedagogical Knowledge‚ Reflection 1 On arrival at my placement‚ I thought I had embarked upon my very own baptism of fire: a school that didn’t have any facilities for textiles‚ the one area within which I feel most experienced‚ confident and comfortable. So‚ armed with a smile and a willingness to learn a lot in a very short amount of time‚ I decided to focus on the positive‚ face the fear of humiliation and throw myself into the ring and take the animal by the horns. This animal happens
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“Teaching as mountaineering”‚ written by U.S. Author Nancy K. Hill‚ talks about the analogies of teaching. After analyzing the inadequacy of those most common analogies‚ the author proposed a new analogy to the teachers—mountaineers. However‚ I do not think that teaching is not like mountaineering. Teaching is not as risky as mountaineering. People are likely to meet difficult and harsh situation such as steep terrain and bad weather which may cause disasters to the whole team once someone makes
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