The Role of The Teacher By Clare Walker Introduction The following essay should describe the Role of a Teacher within the specially Prepared Environment as 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
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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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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. By preparing a suitable environment‚ observing the children and giving brief lessons according to the interest and need of the child‚ the teacher in a Montessori helps children
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The Role of the Adult The role of the adult that has been specially trained and is able to respond to the child when the needs of his inner child become stimulated and concentrated. To help the child towards normalization the Director is in constant contact with the child linking him to the environment‚ directing his untapped energies and helping them to attach to objects‚ skills and experiences. To do so she must be able to recognize his inner nature and offer discrete and loving aid‚ to do this
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characteristics and allowing them to develop naturally. She believed that every child held the ability to learn but only needed to be shown or guided on how to correctly do so. The teachers role in the class room is to cater for these needs. Montessori believed that only a certain type of person suited the role of a Montessori teacher “The teacher must derive not only the capacity‚ but the desire‚ to observe natural phenomena. In our system‚ she must become a passive‚ much more than an active‚ influence‚
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The Montessori teacher plays an important role in the Montessori environment. The teacher needs to acquire a deeper sense of the dignity of the child as a human being‚ a new appreciation of the significance of his spontaneous activities‚ a wider and thorough understanding of his needs. The most essential part of the teacher is that the teacher should go through spiritual preparation. The moral preparation is necessary before one is fit to be entrusted with the care of the children in a principle
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we explain that the child is his own creator? Then what will be the role of adults? It is the child who builds himself and not others. The assistance that is provided by the parents helps the child to build himself. Children are dependent on adults. So the adults should give them right conditions. The adults should have clarity on what they are doing and whether they are offering anything for the child’s development. The adult should also know what the child actually needs and whether he is capable
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Sensitive Periods: The sensitive period for small objects In her work Dr. Montessori identified what she called Human Tendencies - lifelong tendencies that serve us in adaptation‚ etc. (Which I’ve written about previously) - and Sensitive Periods - short lived "windows of opportunity" for learning something specific with the greatest ease. The brain of the child from before birth to about age 6 has periods of ’sensitivity’ for certain things. From before birth‚ and lasting until 3‚ there is
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What Is “Montessori‚” Anyway? Maria Montessori: The Woman Behind The Name Maria Montessori was a medical doctor‚ born in Italy in 1870‚ whose Montessori offers interest in the mentally retarded led her to develop a highly successful “freedom within structure.” concrete and sensory-based teaching approach that helped them to learn. Later‚ she applied her discoveries to normal but impoverished children from the slums of Rome‚ and her success with these children was even more remarkable. Soon‚ people
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Name : Shyamila Galappaththi Student ID No. : Not available Module : DMT 101 – Montessori Philosophy & Theory Date of Submission : 11th December 2011 “A child’s different sensibilities enable him to choose‚ from his complex environment‚ what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things but‚ leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light that shines on some objects but not others. Making
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