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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Gilstrap Adrian Dominican Montessori Training Institute May 14‚ 2011 MONTESSORI’S APPROACH AND RECENT BRAIN RESEARCH 2 Abstract New technological advances in brain research allow scientists better understanding of how the brain develops. From birth‚ the task of the brain is to establish and reinforce connections between neurons. Dr. Montessori’s approach on brain development in young children coincides with much of the most recent brain research. Dr. Montessori discovered from her observations
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learning taking place is not the act of teaching‚ or the activity of the teacher. Learning takes place due to the natural ability of the human mind to learn and grow. The teacher’s role is to simply act as a cooperative artist in this production of learning. Maria Montessori thus used the title “directress” to explain the role of the teacher in a Montessori. The teacher is not the primary cause of learning she is rather a facilitator and a guide. They do not simply transfer lessons and curriculums
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The Montessori teacher plays a radically different role from more well-known roles in relation to children such as parent‚ babysitter‚ friend‚ primary grades teacher or traditional pre-school teacher. The vision we all have of a teacher‚ standing before the blackboard and giving a good lesson to the whole class‚ is very seldom a part of what Montessori teachers do. This is because the founder of this new challenging educational system for young children below six years old‚ Dr. Maria Montessori believed
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Philosophy & History Paper Maria Montessori was born in 1870 and in 1896 became the first female doctor in Italy‚ graduating from the University of Rome’s medical school. In 1899 she was in charge of director of an Orthographic School‚ a school for children who were regarded as ’hopelessly deficient’. For 2 years‚ she worked with these children and under her direction‚ the children developed to such an extent that a number of them were able to read & write well enough to be successful at a public
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Language Rationale Language‚ simply put‚ is a system of symbols with an agreed upon meaning that is shared within a group of individuals. Maria Montessori understood that children have to learn language‚ that it is not inborn. She also understood the adolescent mind has a long sensitive period for language. Because language is deeply connected to the process of thinking‚ the child will need to be spoken to and listened to often. Each child learns language at their own rate and pace. There can
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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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Maria Montessori‚ the first Italian woman to qualify as a physician‚ is renowned worldwide for her devotion to the philosophy of education and for the educational method that bears her name. Amongst others ground-breaking innovations‚ Montessori had a unique approach to discipline and obedience in the education of children. In this essay I will define and explain the terms ‘discipline’ and ‘obedience’‚ paying particular attention to the relationship between them. I will then address the issue of
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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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Discuss the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? Answer Life of Dr Maria Montessori: Dr Maria Montessori was the first lady of Italy who was graduated from the University of Rome and become a doctor of pediatrics medicine. She was born on 31st August‚ 1870 belongs to middle class family. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was military officer of conservative mind and her mother‚ Renidle Montessori was a liberal lady and she supported
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