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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Alex Abushanab Dr. Marthe Reed English 204 28 February 2012 Imagination Land At my first glance of a book entitled‚ Phosphor in Dreamland by Rikki Ducornet‚ many thoughts began to formulate about what was to come. I remember thinking that this dreamland better be a sensational one. Let me assure you that it turns out to be one of a kind. It is a stimulating story of an orphan boy named Phosphor’s inventive life and journey through a very imaginative‚ creative‚ and unique place known as
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was a famous doctor and teacher; she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School‚ and she was one of the first female physicians in Italy. Montessori worked with children for most of her life; teaching them‚ observing them‚ and taking care of them; her theory was: “Children teach themselves if only we will dedicate ourselves to the self-creating process of the child (Gordon and Brown 13-336).” She believed that
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“Normalization comes through “concentration” on a piece of work” (The Absorbent Mind‚ pg 206). Montessori uses the term ‘normalization’ to describe this unique process a child experiences in a classroom. The first time hearing the term of normalization‚ myself wondering what does it means‚ does it means a child is not normal? After further reading‚ I’d discovered that a Normalized Child as describe by Dr Maria Montessori is one who has overcome himself and lives in peace and harmony with the environment preferring
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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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Maria Montessori was considered ahead of her time. She was born in Chiaravalle‚ in the province of Ancona‚ Italy in 1870 to an educated but not wealthy family. Despite her father’s wishes and society’s conservative ways at the time‚ she studied science. She was the first female physician in Italy when she graduated medical school in 1896. She worked mostly with the poor because she saw vast potential in them. She was an unselfish person and she traveled Italy speaking of women’s rights and child
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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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limits then what we will see superficially is a child that ‘does as he is told.’ But this is not self - discipline – this is the kind of discipline that disappears as soon as the adult exerting their will disappears. Maria Montessori hoped for so much more than this. . Montessori said that if we want to help children develop into self disciplined adults then we need to provide the kind of environment that will help the child to create a strong will – when self control is born within the child and
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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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Research paper on Montessori Education {Kierre Davis} (American Public Universty} Abstract This research paper intends to explain and describe factors and features of Montessori education and Montessori school. It illustrates the practical implementation of Montessori education. It is an old method of education operating since 100 years. It started from the indigent nursery school in Rome and afterwards‚ it continued to expand at a larger scale. Approximations specify that over 5000 schools
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