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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development of the will‚ which in its turn has made obedience possible.” (Montessori‚ 1988‚ p.239) Montessori believed that the disorderly and disobedient acts of a young child where from those actions that he/she had yet to develop and so where unable to control successfully. Discipline and obedience could not therefore be inflicted on a young child as had been traditionally thought‚ nor could it be sustained through rewards and punishments. “Obedience is seen as something which develops in the child
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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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The word discipline connotes a negative image of a strict caregiver enforcing rules upon a child to instill order. It gives one the impression that discipline has to be exerted forcefully upon a person. This differs greatly from the Montessori perspective of discipline being created from within a child rather then being imposed from the outside. Discipline rises naturally within a child when s/he is given freedom within limits. Montessori says that freedom in intellectual work is found to be the
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Discipline and obedience are two words used to imply a strict way of learning. Montessori‚ on the other hand‚ saw these as a natural instinct that came from within. In this essay I intend to show that with the correct conditions the child can become self-disciplined and have the ability to obey without the need of force‚ reward or punishment as Montessori described. The understanding of discipline‚ according to the dictionary‚ is described as ‘the practice of training people to obey rules or a
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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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explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from a Montessori perspective‚ it would be useful define and compare the more common explanations of these terms with the interpretations of Maria Montessori. The development of the child within the Montessori setting and in particular the maturational development of discipline‚ obedience and the will shall then be discussed. In so doing‚ a very close and almost symbiotic relationship between all three will become apparent. Discipline is commonly
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exists social influences that are known as conformity and obedience. These are traits that can be encountered in almost all societies. Both obedience and conformity involve social influence and have the ability to encourage an individual to engage in a certain behaviour. This can be done with or without the recipient of the social influence being aware that he or she is under social influence. Obedience can be seen as pressure being exerted from an individual that carries a sense of authority; for instance
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The Three Levels of Obedience Julia B. Kulakowski Montessori Institute of San Diego The three levels of obedience are explained by Dr. Maria Montessori after long observations of children of multiple ages in her classroom. She defines the three of obedience as first‚ an ability to obey‚ but not all the time. Secondly an ability to obey at all times after developing their own will. Finally being able to obey consistently‚ moreover to follow another person which the child
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they can perform activities. How do you differentiate between activities and presentations? Presentations are: 1. Introducing the educational materials to the child‚ so that the child can perform and work with them in a purposeful 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
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