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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Q 1 Sensitive Period According to Montessori and Why is it Important in Child Development Sensitive Period or Critical Period in Early Childhood - Why is it Important Sensitive periods in a child’s life are like windows of opportunities a child gets to learn different skills. The child is extra sensitive to the stimuli it gets to learn a particular skill at those periods. If they are missed‚ if the child does not get those stimuli‚ the opportunity is missed forever. This is an important thing
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anything‚ has the discipline of criminology learned from the inclusion of a gendered perspective? Gender and Crime Module: Soci308 Deadline: 13/01/2014 Assignment 2: 2‚500 words Word Count: 2‚500 Module Leader: Dr Karen Evans Student I.D. 200187509 What‚ if anything‚ has the discipline of criminology learned from the inclusion of a gendered perspective? In order to whether the discipline of criminology has learned anything from the inclusion of a gendered perspective‚ this essay will outline
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result in a child’s regression. Montessori first used the term normalization (Montessori‚ 1966) to describe the observations that she saw in her classroom work with children in Italy in the 1960’s. The concept of normalization is recognised as a series of characteristics that define the point at which children concentrate with unbroken repetition and acquire self discipline for a task or activity that ultimately results in self-satisfaction. Montessori (1966) identified the child’s conversion
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definition of discipline The Montessori meaning of discipline is not the kind of external discipline‚ that is something the teacher does to control or command the child‚ for "listening doesn’t make a man". Rather it is the child who internalizes the rules and feels that he/she is responsible for his/her acts. This is an "active discipline" attained when the child is "the master of himself and when he can‚ as a consequence‚ control himself when he must follow a rule of life”. Thus for Montessori‚ her
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Dr Montessori loved mathematics. In Italy in the 1880 she chose to attend a boy’s technical school just so she could study mathematics. This love of mathematics is very visible in the wonderful materials she designed so young children could share her enthusiasm. In the Montessori view the ‘mathematical mind’ is a manifestation of several human tendencies. “Humans are driven to explore and to investigate their environment. To this effectively‚ they need to orient themselves in an ordered way” (Feez
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Jonathan Zatarain Mrs. Hedrick English 115 5 December‚ 2012 Discipline: A Limitless Code of Behavior How much discipline is too much discipline? Is there a limit to strict parenting? Families and parents really have no blueprint on raising their own children. Parents have to figure out the right passage through their traditions and values on to their children; it can either be in a conservative‚ liberal‚ or anything in between. In her essay‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Amy Chua explains
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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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education is Italian born Dr. Maria Montessori. Her innovative classroom conception and specialized‚ natural flowing educational design were unique for her time period. Maria Montessori’s background assisted in shaping her personal philosophy of education‚ which is still widely applicable in schools today. Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870 (“A Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori”). Her father was Alessandro Montessori‚ an accountant; her mother Renilde
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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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