Theories
Chanice Walker- Brant
Assignment Links to Unit 7.
In this assignment I will look at the lives and work of Maria Montessori and Friedrich Froebel and their theories that are relevant to children 's learning and development, I will also look at their similarities and some of the differences in their theories.
Maria Montessori was born August 31st 1870 and died in 1952 at the age of 82. Mother of four children, she was an Italian physician, educator and also a doctor of medicine. Montessori is widely regarded as one of the most original thinkers of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Montessori observed children 's development and saw them as active learners and did not believe in imaginative play as Friedrich Froebel did, thus being one of the main differences between the two educators. 'The environment itself will teach the child, in every little error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent or teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens. ' (Montessori, 1975, p. 66) I believe that in this quotation Montessori is trying to show that children need to gain their own experience and learning for themselves and that she believed that children would become more independent learners if they worked on their own. 'Children needed to experience concepts such as shape, size and order. ' (Tassoni & Beith, 2002, p. 368) this being through structured play whereas Froebel encouraged block play which encouraged children to play with wooden blocks enabling learning.
Friedrich Froebel was born April 21st 1782 and died in 1852 at the age of 70. The youngest of six children, he was a German student of Pestalozzi for modern education. 'Play provided the means for a child 's intellectual, social, emotional and physical development. ' (2007, Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), para. 9) Froebel believed that parents and teachers played a crucial role in children 's education and that the education began at
Assignment Links to Unit 7.
In this assignment I will look at the lives and work of Maria Montessori and Friedrich Froebel and their theories that are relevant to children 's learning and development, I will also look at their similarities and some of the differences in their theories.
Maria Montessori was born August 31st 1870 and died in 1952 at the age of 82. Mother of four children, she was an Italian physician, educator and also a doctor of medicine. Montessori is widely regarded as one of the most original thinkers of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Montessori observed children 's development and saw them as active learners and did not believe in imaginative play as Friedrich Froebel did, thus being one of the main differences between the two educators. 'The environment itself will teach the child, in every little error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent or teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens. ' (Montessori, 1975, p. 66) I believe that in this quotation Montessori is trying to show that children need to gain their own experience and learning for themselves and that she believed that children would become more independent learners if they worked on their own. 'Children needed to experience concepts such as shape, size and order. ' (Tassoni & Beith, 2002, p. 368) this being through structured play whereas Froebel encouraged block play which encouraged children to play with wooden blocks enabling learning.
Friedrich Froebel was born April 21st 1782 and died in 1852 at the age of 70. The youngest of six children, he was a German student of Pestalozzi for modern education. 'Play provided the means for a child 's intellectual, social, emotional and physical development. ' (2007, Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), para. 9) Froebel believed that parents and teachers played a crucial role in children 's education and that the education began at
Links: to Unit 7. In this assignment I will look at the lives and work of Maria Montessori and Friedrich Froebel and their theories that are relevant to children 's learning and development, I will also look at their similarities and some of the differences in their theories. Maria Montessori was born August 31st 1870 and died in 1952 at the age of 82. Mother of four children, she was an Italian physician, educator and also a doctor of medicine. Montessori is widely regarded as one of the most original thinkers of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Montessori observed children 's development and saw them as active learners and did not believe in imaginative play as Friedrich Froebel did, thus being one of the main differences between the two educators. 'The environment itself will teach the child, in every little error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent or teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens. ' (Montessori, 1975, p. 66) I believe that in this quotation Montessori is trying to show that children need to gain their own experience and learning for themselves and that she believed that children would become more independent learners if they worked on their own. 'Children needed to experience concepts such as shape, size and order. ' (Tassoni & Beith, 2002, p. 368) this being through structured play whereas Froebel encouraged block play which encouraged children to play with wooden blocks enabling learning. Friedrich Froebel was born April 21st 1782 and died in 1852 at the age of 70. The youngest of six children, he was a German student of Pestalozzi for modern education. 'Play provided the means for a child 's intellectual, social, emotional and physical development. ' (2007, Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), para. 9) Froebel believed that parents and teachers played a crucial role in children 's education and that the education began at birth.