Works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? Answer: Introduction of Dr. Maria Montessori: In present age we all are familiar with Montessori Education System. But very few of us know that it is named after “Dr. Maria Montessori”; an MBBS Doctor‚ who was the first female physician of France in her time. Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Ancona Italy on 31st August‚ 1870. She belonged to middle –class family. Since her childhood‚ she was very fond
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Maria Montessori was an educator from Italy who created an educational method for children where all focus was on the needs of the child. She used self-directed‚ materials-centered and interactive education methods. She thought that child has an absorbent mind from birth to around age 6 and also that children can always learn to be better. Role of the director was to introduce the materials for the child. Use of the five senses‚ kinetic movement‚ spatial refinement‚ small and large motor skill coordination
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Aia Shalan Professor Rzonca 4 December 2012 Writing 1 Final Essay- Draft # 1 The Secret in the Texts We all have our secrets- secrets we wish to keep to ourselves and no one else. Sometimes‚ these secrets are motivated by dark thoughts and hatreds for others. The hatred grows and festers until it swallows us‚ making it almost impossible to return to our natural normal state. The same idea goes for pain. What is pain really? Sometimes pain is extreme that we get used to it. The
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child. Dr. Montessori used the term normalization to distinguish one of the processes that she saw in her work with the children at San Lorenzo in Rome. This process‚ the process of normalization‚ occurs when development is proceeding normally. She used the word normalization as she believed that these wonderful traits‚ these impressive qualities belonged to all children and was not a characteristic found only in some children. Through her work at Casa dei Bambini‚ Dr. Montessori observed an
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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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especially interested in mathematics. Rather than find them boring and absurd‚ they find them interesting and absorbing. It is a fact that most children in our Montessori schools manage to achieve great enthusiasm while working with mathematics. Is the preparation of their minds that allows them to reach this pleasure." Maria Montessori‚ London Lectures‚ 1946‚ p 41 Mathematics has always been a difficult subject for students. Many children have developed phobias and barriers towards mathematics
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unparalleled work of Nature” (Montessori‚ M.‚ From Childhood To Adolescence‚ 1973) Discuss the eight human tendencies as developed by Dr. Montessori and her followers. Show how children show these tendencies during the three main stages of development. Discuss how you think knowledge of human tendencies helps us when educating children. Give examples to support your answer ******************************** One of the greatest discoveries made by Dr. Montessori was that all humans love certain
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The Montessori prepared environment. In Montessori philosophy there are three leading factors that make up the methodology: the environment‚ including all the materials; the directress‚ and the child. The prepared environment will be the focus of discussion and will underline: the principles of the prepared environment‚ how to set up the environment; and its importance in childhood development. There are five basic principles that must be adhered to in any Montessori environment these are: Freedom
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Montessori’s Observations • Children make a match with mom/parent. This is the reason that consistency is such a key issue in early childhood development. Children feel comfortable with routine because they know what to expect • Children need order. As above‚ when the environment has inherent structure and order‚ children feel safe. Children need to feel safe to explore their environment. • Children have an innate desire to learn. Our brains are hard-wired to
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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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