THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT Montessori classrooms provide a prepared environment where children are free to respond to their natural tendency to work. The prepared environment offers the essential elements for optimal development. The key components comprise the children‚ teacher and physical surroundings including the specifically designed Montessori educational material.There are prepared environments for children at each successive developmental plane. These environments allow children to take
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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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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 steering people in the right direction. It is not only used for teacher but also for conductor‚ editors and managers. The word “Directress” which is used
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The Educational Theory of Maria Montessori Analysts: Adam Cooney Samantha Jones | | RETURN edited 8/18/11 Introduction Maria Montessori left a long lasting mark on education around the world. She is regarded as one of the most famous and accomplished educators of her time. Her philosophies and techniques are studied and utilized in universities and schools today. Her life is a story of remarkable perseverance and achievement. Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31
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Maria Montessori Julianne Perry ECE101: Introduction to Early Childhood Education Monica Kelly June 13‚ 2011 Thesis: Maria Montessori ’s way of learning is very unique; her theory was for children learn in a natural and parent-supported environment. Outline I. Education of Montessori 1. First woman to receive a Medical Degree in Italy A. Studied psychiatry‚ education and anthropology. B. Worked‚ wrote and spoke for children with special needs 2. Many schools
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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 to focus their intelligence‚ concentrate
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Practical Life Rationale Paper 1. Who is Maria Montessori? Please give a brief description of her life. Maria Montessori was the founder of the Montessori approach to education‚ she was born in Italy in 1870. As a teenager she was an engineer‚ but later she studied her favor major of medicine. Graduated as Italy’s first female medical practitioner she embarked on a career in mental health. Following on from this she was asked to head up a childcare project for a social housing initiative and her
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MIND A) FREEDOM IN A PREPARED ENVIRONMENT All over the world in constitutions of countries freedom is enshrined. This freedom applies not only to the adult but also to the child. For it is in freedom that a child reveals himself. Therefore a directress in a prepared environment must have the opportunity to observe the child in a free and open environment. Also the child’s inner guide must be allowed to direct the child’s growth. Thus a child will be aided to grow through independence and must
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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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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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