Question: 1) Discuss the Life and 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
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1 1. Discuss life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? * Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870. Most of her life was spent in Rome. Her father Ale jandro was an accountant in government services. Her mother‚ Renilde ‚ had good education for a woman of her time and was more open to the many transformations that affected daily life at the end of the 19th Century. Maria Montessori‚ an only child‚ she was a vivacious‚ strong-willed
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BACKGROUND Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870. Though most of the information on Maria’s childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his
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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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(Maria Montessori – The discovery of the child) Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind‚ one that is naturally inclined towards order. This ‘special’ mind is what gives humans the ability to make judgments and to calculate; it is how we have progressed in fields such as engineering and architecture. Dr. Montessori called this ‘the mathematical mind’ - a term borrowed from the French physicist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Montessori felt that‚ if we
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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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facilitate this as much as possible without interfering in the natural learning patterns of each individual child. • Children have a drive for spontaneous activity. Any person who has been near a young child knows this is true. In a Montessori environment‚ children are free to move about the classroom within the guideline of being respectful to others. • Children must be active to gain self-discipline. When a child chooses a work from a shelf‚ does the work to the best of
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Movement - the Child’s Muse Maria Montessori foresaw many developments in the study of movement and how it pertains to children and their education. It is necessary to consider how and why movement was such an integral part of her philosophy and how evidence from modern day research confirms the importance of movement in education. Both Montessori and educational specialists draw a link between movement and brain development (Hannaford 1995). This paper will examine how other educational theories
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This essay will briefly discuss the notion of ‘sensitive periods in development‚’ as introduced by Hugo de Vries and researched by Maria Montessori. It will further list Montessori’s explanation of the sensitive periods and their importance in a child between the ages of 0 and 6 years. Two examples will be discussed through personal reflection to demonstrate the author’s understanding of these periods. Many theorists such as Piaget‚ Vygotsky‚ Freud and Erikson have examined the idea that every
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Association Montessori Internationale From Dr. Montessori’s “A New World and Education” By Dr. Maria Montessori First published in 1947 Dr. Maria Montessori spent the years between 1939 and 1946 in the Indian SubContinent. During those seven years she gave a number of courses and public lectures‚ including a course in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1944. Her lecture “A New World and Education” was edited by A. Gnana Prakasam and published under the auspices of AMI‚ Ceylon in 1947. In his introduction
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