Dr Montessori identifies four planes of development. Describe these. Discuss their importance to the educator? Montessori was a product of the historical past and inherited the intellectual and progressive tradition in education from Rousseau‚ Pestalozzi and Frobel. From these inspirations Montessori took this inheritance of ideas and developed them further. During her lifetime she discovered and formulated original ideas about child development through her observation of the child. Montessori
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of transformation and the characteristic of this period is known as the Absorbent Mind. The child absorbs environment into himself. The child creates the person she will become once given an appropriate and specially prepared environment to work. Montessori said that during the absorbent mind‚ the Sensitive Periods are at the strongest and facilitates the child’s learning process. This period can be divided into two sub-phases. Unconscious Absorbent Mind (0-3 years). The child cannot be dictated
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Cosmic Education: The Heart of the Montessori Elementary Classroom cos·mic 1. Of or relating to the universe‚ especially as distinct from Earth. 2. Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast. Dr. Montessori recognized that all of science and history tell portions of the same story: the continuing creation of the universe. Cosmic Education tells that story. In a uniquely Montessori way‚ the experience offers children context for‚ and reveals connections between‚ such subjects as astronomy‚ chemistry
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develops overnight. What it looks like and what it means to be independent needs to be modeled and practiced repeatedly‚ until it is mastered. Montessori Elementary: Developing Independence‚ Movement‚ and Motor Skills Children who have been in the Montessori preschool spend three years preparing to be independent. As they enter the Montessori lower elementary environment‚ they are once again explorers‚ embarking on a new stage of development. They ask serious and important questions: Who am
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Child’s Learning Experience. Wider horizons is a Montessori concept‚ which encourages the teaching of pupils‚ without the constrains of curriculum and as much and as far as the imagination brings him. The six year old is by now in possession of many interests and skills‚ from practical life‚ sensorial‚ language and mathematics. His personality‚ psychology and physical appearance has changed. In her book‚ From Childhood to Adolescence‚ Montessori states that the changes from one level to the next
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Spiritual‚ self-realisation‚ Montessori designed an environment that supports human tendencies. Some of the tendencies she talked about are given below; Exploration - It is the urge to go out to the unknown‚ and find more info‚ knowledge to help us get more oriented. Consistency is very important to the child. • Orientation – Something that gives you a frame of reference; a way to follow; to relate ourselves to the external world or the internal world. In Montessori‚ we try not to make a lot
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The Human Tendencies February 2‚ 2013 Humans were given the gifts of intelligence‚ love‚ reason and will. We have the power to modify and adapt to any environment based on our needs. Human beings evolved in a unique way and are endowed with intelligence‚ instincts and movement. There were three elementary needs to keep us alive: food‚ shelter and clothing. Our early ancestors found a means to sustain these basic needs on the first day of their existence. The ability to satisfy the need for
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this plane‚ children experience sensitive periods for acquiring language‚ refinement of the senses‚ movement and order.[29] The second plane of development (6–12) involves learning through abstract reasoning‚ developing through a sensitivity for imagination and social interaction with others. The third plane (12–18) is the period of adolescent growth‚ involving the significant biological changes of puberty‚ moving towards learning a valuation of the human personality‚ especially as related to experiences
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psychologically playing with ideas‚ giving a deliberated rather than an imprudent response‚ and staying attentive (Diamond and Less‚ 2011). In addition‚ there is one more approach that Diamond and Lee (2011) looked into which is known as ‘Montessori’. Montessori is not an executive function however‚ its purpose is to determine if a child has a good EFs. To test these six approaches Diamond and Lee (2011) entailed different types of ways for each approach. Below are the methods and results of all six
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Developing the Mathematical Mind in the Montessori Environment The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. ~Plato Maria Montessori believed that human intelligence is no longer based on natural intelligence but on mathematical intelligence. Humans have moved beyond the innate survival instincts of early humans and moved toward an analytical awareness of the world. Math is more than math facts and computations. It deals with shape‚ space‚ patterns‚ symbols and the relationships found therein
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