Approaches to early childhood education The Montessori Approach Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was born in Chiaraville‚ Italy. She was the first woman to enter medical school and “In july 1896 she became the first woman to gradute from the university of rome medical school and qualify as a doctor” (Flood & Hardy.2013) Montessori realised the importance of providing children with the right stimulation from her work wiith vunerable children in a psychiatric clinic in rome . Many of Montessori’s innovative
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However‚ Maria Montessori observed a much more natural process at work among human beings that did not need to be taught‚ much less drilled‚ into the human psyche. She believed that discipline‚ obedience and a person’s will go hand in hand and it would be quite impossible to have one without the other. We can quite easily see that in order to obey in any meaningful sense there must already be the will to do so. This thought process requires a level of discipline. Discipline to Montessori is not something
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Montessori Montessori Method has not only developed in the United States‚ but has spread worldwide. There are over 4000 Montessori schools in the United States and Canada‚ and total about 20‚000 worldwide. Parts of the world include Asia‚ Western Europe‚ New Zealand‚ Australia‚ and Central and South America. The general impression is that all Montessori schools are the same‚ however‚ there is a great deal of diversity within the school system; no two schools are the same. Montessori schools
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Define the term sensitive periods‚ and explain how the teachers knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his / her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. Dutch biologist Hugo De Vries was the first person to speak about and define the sensitive periods during his research with animals. These observations in nature were part of Montessori’s studies as well. She observed similar situations in ‘normal young humans’. This appeared to be the same globally‚ with all
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intellectual development Page 9: Intellectual development‚ conclusion Page 10: Bibliography Key words absorbent mind: first plane of development where the child has the capability to absorb large amounts of information with ease‚ as they are sensitive to specific skills characteristic: distinguishing feature or qualities of something childhood development: Child development refers to the biological‚ psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end
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In this essay I will attempt to discuss the concept of ‘sensitive mothering’ as being vital to the social and emotional development of a child. In doing so I will discuss various developmental theories to a child’s development and discuss the concepts of ’attachment theory’ encompassing ’internal working model’ and ’quality attachment’ of John Bowlby. I shall also discuss the eight stages contemplated in Erikson’s psychosocial development and the impact attachment has on the social and emotional
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The Montessori is another approach and is named after Dr Montessori who developed a method of teaching that could be used with each and every child. Her classroom practices and ideas have had a great impact on the education of young children. Montessori saw that children learn best by doing and that happy self-motivated learner form positive images of themselves as confident‚ successful people. [5] She realised that freedom was the most important factor in allowing children to develop. She also believed
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Sensorial education helps develop a child’s intellect. Whether you believe intelligence is genetic or produced by environment‚ you can further it by education. Intelligence is built upon by experiences and thought processes. The Montessori materials for ages 2 1/2 to 6 are designed to help the child’s mind develop the necessary skills for later intellectual learning. Sensorial impressions of child’s environment are not the same as sensorial education. Impressions are feelings and not an intellectual
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Dr Maria Montessori was born in Chevalier in Italy on 31 st August‚ 1870. She was a great teacher‚ an honorable educationist and possessed divine inspiration with her ideas‚ principals and methods. She was the first woman in Italy to do a medical course. In 1896 Maria Montessori became doctor of medicine and represented as the women of Italy at a feminist conference at Berlin. In the same year she also had chosen as the chairman of hygiene at the woman’s college in Rome. In 1899 Dr. Maria addressed
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Montessori education is a unique schooling philosophy in which students guide their own learning. Designed as an alternative to traditional schooling‚ this system of education has been around for more than a century. As the Montessori classroom is such a unique environment‚ the activities that occur within it often differ from those of a traditional‚ public school. As a result‚ writing in particular reflects the distinctiveness of the Montessori program. The history of and philosophy behind Montessori
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