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 you will transform him into the world”. Maria Montessori. That’s important not only for the child but the teacher as well. The teacher’s role is to offer support and encouragement in order for that individual to have trust in themselves‚ and confidence
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In Montessori education‚ the term “normalization” has a specialized meaning. “Normal” does not refer to what is considered to be “typical” or “average” or even “usual”. “Normalization” does not refer to a process of being forced to conform. Instead‚ Maria Montessori used the terms “normal” and “normalization” to describe a unique process she observed in child development. Normalization refers to the focus‚ concentration and independence of the child‚ by his own choice. It means the child has acquired
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2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori ? 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”. She studied the conditions in which the children would perform
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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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I will be explaining the physical and psychological changes which may occur within people as they are ageing. As most people start age their inner and outside bodies start to age and become in some cases stronger but mostly weaker. This would all be linked to the psychological changes being made and how the elderly are able to handle the ageing they go through. These are the physical changes that are associated with ageing throughout life: Skin‚ bones‚ joints and muscles When babies are
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Practical Life Rationale Paper 1. Who is Maria Montessori? Please give a brief description of her life. Maria Montessori was the founder of the Montessori approach to education‚ she was born in Italy in 1870. As a teenager she was an engineer‚ but later she studied her favor major of medicine. Graduated as Italy’s first female medical practitioner she embarked on a career in mental health. Following on from this she was asked to head up a childcare project for a social housing initiative and her
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ABSORBENT MIND ESSAY Dr Montessori discovered that the child possess a mind which is totally different from that of an adult. The child absorbs all that is found around him‚ very much identical to the process of osmosis. A key word before further development about the absorbent mind would be adaptation. Adaptation might be considered as the trigger point. Why ? From his birth‚ in order to survive and to fulfil his role‚ the infant is adapting himself to the environment. He was
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aided in his development through activities that will encourage independence such as self-help skills like wearing shoes buttoning sweeping and other activities that will make him independent. All materials should be given the correct sizes; materials should be kept orderly; furniture should be child sized. The child must be aided in developing his will by by ensuring coordination and ensuring activities are towards a given end. The child must be given constructive work. Maria Montessori has described
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of The Teacher By Clare Walker Introduction The following essay should describe the Role of a Teacher within the specially Prepared Environment as defined by Maria Montessori in her years of observation. In a Montessori School‚ the word Teacher is not used as Directress is used instead. In her writings‚ Maria Montessori used the word “Direttoressa” taken from the Italian word “direttore” which when looking into the meaning of the word is less about telling people what to do but more about
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Sensorial area expands the child sensory perceptions and knowledge of the world. Maria Montessori called sensorial materials the "key to the universe" because they enable the to perceive‚ identity and classify what he sees‚ touches‚ smells‚ taste and hears. SENSORIAL The Sensorial area of the classroom uses the Sensorial Material to address the child’s Sensitive Period for the Refinement of the Senses. Dr. Montessori stated that the “Sensorial Materials are the keys to universe.” The first step for the
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