THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT Montessori classrooms provide a prepared environment where children are free to respond to their natural tendency to work. The prepared environment offers the essential elements for optimal development. The key components comprise the children‚ teacher and physical surroundings including the specifically designed Montessori educational material.There are prepared environments for children at each successive developmental plane. These environments allow children to take
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1. Which are the traits of character in Dr. Montessori do you identify that contributed to her great achievements? Dr. Maria Montessori was a keen observer of children. She used her observational and experimental proclivities from her medical background to develop‚ what we might today call‚ a Constructivist understanding of the process of learning. She studied them scientifically. If she saw some unusual behavior in a child‚ she would say‚”I won’t believe it now‚ I shall if it happens again”
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Mardiana Ulfa “A child’s different inner sensibilities enable him to choose from his complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things‚ but leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world.” The Secret of Childhood‚ p.42‚ Chap 7 . Define the terms of sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and
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ease the child’s fear. When no one plays with a particular child‚ it is the teacher’s role to introduce him or her to a group of child‚ have them all involved in an activity‚ and to encourage social interaction. The teacher plays many parts‚ not only as an educator. She handles disputes‚ without judging. She offers support when a child lacks confidence in himself. “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” Maria Montessori. “Free the child’s potential‚ and
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On August 31st 1870‚ Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle in the province of Alcona‚ Italy to father Alessandro Montessori and mother Renilde Stoppani Montessori. Her father‚ being a soldier‚ had old-fashioned ideas‚ conservative manners and apparent military habits. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ was a bright well-educated woman. Being a well-read person‚ she also encouraged Maria to do the same. For Renilde it was important for girls to have a good education. With Renilde’s influence‚ Maria
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravelle‚ Italy‚ on the 31st of August‚ 1870. In 1894 she was the first woman to graduate in Medicine from the University of Rome‚ and in 1899 she began a study of educational problems of handicapped children. Working on lines first laid down by the French physian E. Seguin‚ she achieved excellent results and the children under her guidance passed the state examination in reading and writing for normal children. Montessori’s involvement with the
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to “a special sensibility which a creature acquires in its infantile state" (Montessori‚ 1966‚ p.38). Such sensitive periods were first discovered in insects by the Dutch scientist Hugo de Vries‚ but according to Montessori‚ can also be found in children and are very important to consider in teaching. Each sensitive period is a "transient disposition and is limited to the acquisition of a particular trait" (Montessori‚ 1966‚ p.38). Once the sensitive period is over‚ the sensibility disappears due
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which had been interrupted‚ is now taken up again‚ as nature has intended all along.” E.M Standing‚ Maria Montessori: her life and work‚ pg 174 Learning‚ by itself‚ cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes‚ write our name‚ wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations‚ there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration‚ and her methodology is designed to nurture this power. Concentration
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“Education should no longer be mostly imparting of knowledge‚ but must take new path‚ seeking the release of potentialities.” Discuss the statement with reference to Montessori philosophy. Dr Maria Montessori started her work in the field of education and child psychology‚ when she had already obtained a doctor’s degree in medicine and surgery. Her scientific training and experience were exceptionally broad based and unique. Her approach to education encompassed the whole development of man
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Montessori essay Maria Montessori. Her life and her methods in the 1800’s. Maria was born in Rome‚ Italy in 1870 to an upper middle class family. Her parents wanted her to be a housewife‚ as were most women of her generation‚ but Maria had other ideas. In 1896‚ she became the first female doctor in all of Italy. It was very hard for her to become a doctor because all of the other doctors were men. The men made fun of her and threatened her. All she could do was block them out. Because of this
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