What does this term “Normalization” mean? Normalization is a term that causes a great deal of confusion and some concern among many new Montessori Parents. Normalization is indeed not the best choice of words! It suggests that we are going to help children who are not normal to become “normal.” This is definitely not what Maria Montessori meant. Normalization is Montessori’s name for the process that takes place in Montessori classrooms around the world‚ through which young children learn
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MONTESSORI SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND ITS IMPACT ON REAL LIFE A Dissertation By ISHRAT-UN-NISSA ASHIQ ALI VERTEJEE B.Com (Karachi University)‚ 1989 Montessori Diploma (A.M.I.)‚ 2002 B.Ed. (Indus University)‚ 2012 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION IQRA UNIVERSITY‚ GULSHAN CAMPUS‚ KARACHI‚ PAKISTAN August‚ 2014 ABSTRACT Education is considered as the back bone of any Society. Montessori System of Education plays a vital role in the
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The Montessori approach to education follows the lines of developmental psychology and education should be an aid in life. lt is a comprehensive educational approach from birth to adulthood. Developmental education is concentrated on the phases of the individual’s growth from birth to maturity. It tries to respond to the child needs as he develops to help the process of his adaptation‚ without laying too much stress on the program officially imposed .Dr Maria Montessori wrote `education is to help
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child’s concentration‚ ability to make judgments‚ move with purpose. Maria Montessori was greatly influenced by the ideas of his two predecessors – Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin. She took the idea of introducing didactic materials and the three period name lessons to the child in Sensorial curriculum from Seguin. In fact‚ it was Seguin who first followed the scientific method of teaching‚ which was later adopted by Dr. Montessori in a more concise and modified form. She also took the idea of isolating
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The Stages of development according to Dr. Montessori and an explanation of what happens during each “re-birth”. Dr. Montessori defined 4 stages of development. She identified that within these stages of development it is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next stage. She talks about the re-birth of a child and describes it like passing through a kind of metamorphosis. The 1st and 3rd stages are periods of intense creation‚ while the 2nd and 4th stages are the calm periods
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2012 Montessori Method “The Montessori Method has influenced many programs that came after it‚ at least in part”(Casper‚ Virginia). A classroom that provides the Montessori method includes chosen material that “work” for children placed in the open. All the sets of material are for a chosen activity is clearly defined and ready for the child to use on its own. When the child is done with the toy‚ they may return in to the shelf where they had gotten it. This enables the next child to use it
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Explain what stereognostic education is? And how sensorial materials in the classroom develop the stereognostic perception of young children SENSORIAL ESSAY The child is introduced to the Sensorial area of the Montessori classroom after he has worked in practical life‚ become familiar with classroom rules and correct handling of materials‚ and is used to the idea of a full cycle of activity. While the sensorial exercises no longer involve familiar objects‚ they are working with skills the child uses
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Dr Maria Montessori dedicated and committed her life into education of the children. She has witnessed through some years with wars and conflicts and she thought; through education this can be turned into peace to this world. Since the year 1907 Montessori name has been recognized in the education system. Even though it has been over a century to this date Montessori principles are as powerful as it was. Dr Maria Montessori has relied on her actual observations on children to develop her method
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In a Montessori classroom‚ a child is free to move about and explore the environment because with activity and movement comes learning. Movement‚ in fact‚ contributes not only to the physical‚ but also to the intellectual potential and spiritual development of the child. The child must have freedom achieved through order and self-discipline. The child in a Montessori environment can learn‚ discover and be creative. He has the freedom of choice and develops his individual interest. The child learns
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born geographically‚ or what culture they belonged to. Sensitive periods are transitory periods of time in a child’s life when he is especially sensitive to certain aspects of the environment. They appear through patterns of repeated behaviour. The Sensitive Periods are not linear‚ i.e.‚ they do not follow one after the other; some overlap and some are continuous. Montessori education was developed with attention to the Sensitive Periods as a central theme. If a child is prohibited these sensitive
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