Child Development

MONTESSORI’S research shows that children learn through movement and should have environments that are specifically tailored to meet their needs. Montessori schools provide a foundation for learning that is centred on care for the environment, care for the self as individual and

The Montessori system of education was developed during the first half of the 1900’s by Dr. Maria Montessori as a result of her extensive research observations and experimental testing (Lillard, 2005, pp. 16-18). Dr. Montessori was of the belief that children contain an innate desire to learn and her research showed that, when given the

Maria Montessori introduced Montessori education as an approach to teaching. She was an Italian educator and physician, and she developed an educational approach as a result of her research on how children learn and develop socially, physically and psychologically. While there are now different schools all over the world that label themselves as a Montessori, the main elements that must be present to maintain their authenticity include having a mixed age classroom, discovery model of teaching and learning and at least 3 hours of uninterrupted "work time" or learning blocks.

DR Maria Montessori’s main discovery was the reality of a child’s true nature WHICH IS the NORMALIZED CHILD. She described the

This research paper intends to explain and describe factors and features of Montessori education and Montessori school. It illustrates the practical implementation of Montessori education. It is an old method of education operating since 100 years. It started from the indigent nursery school in Rome and afterwards, it continued to expand at a larger scale. Approximations specify that over 5000 schools in the U.S.; 300 communal schools and few high schools apply the Montessori curriculum. Montessori program is featured by multi age classrooms, and a special curriculum of instruments (Lillard & Else-Quest, 2006). One of the famous works known

Maria Montessori has an educational method that is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. The basic goals of the Montessori Method are to develop the child’s independence and productivity as well as preserve the dignity of the child while focusing on the

The Montessori philosophy is a method that emphasizes the growth of a child intellectually and socially through self-discipline and the child’s personal freedom between the ages of two and six years old.

In today’s world, we can find hundreds of schools all around us, but we can’t figure out which one is best for our future generations. One of the most outstanding schools are the Montessori schools. According to the American Montessori Society the Montessori schools are based on the observation of the students, letting the students choose what they want to do, letting the students rely on themselves for almost everything, and the teachers are there to only help and observe the students. The famous Maria Montessori said, “The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, ’The children are now working as if I did not exist”. This approach was found a hundred years ago by a physician named

Thesis: Maria Montessori 's way of learning is very unique; her theory was for children learn in a natural and parent-supported environment.

Maria Montessori was an influential educator of the early twentieth century whose work is widely recognised throughout the world to this day. She began educational work at the children’s house with underprivileged children which brought her international acclaim. She then actively interpreted and indorsed her own work for close to a decade. Montessori’s teachings are centred around the child, with an understanding that the child has an absorbent mind and opportunities should be made available to the child and they will take responsibility for their individual learning. These teachings remain relevant to education in Australia and across many continents, with teachings from birth to secondary education. As a future educator, I believe Montessori’s teaching will assist me in providing the most rewarding experience for each student.

John Dewey, Jean Piaget, Body Bode, Ralph Tyler and William Kilpatrick are just a few of the scholars who dedicated their lives in a labor of love to analyze, assess, identify, recognize and establish curriculum theories on how students learn, should be taught, what needs to be taught and how it should be evaluated. In a field dominated by men, Maria Montessori initiated an unprecedented innovative scientific approach to learning called the Montessori method of learning. Maria believed that children develop naturally. The Montessori Method is based on how children develop naturally.

The Montessori design is personalized for each child at their own learning speed with four core characteristics in mind sensory orientation, self correction, gradual difficulty and complexity and careful attention to concept development. Each child learns at their own speed, while working on a work task rather than play time. Each work task is done in a very specific way and the teacher demonstrates how do use the materials. Children are allowed to choose which work task they would like to work on during alone work task time; however, a child must demonstrate an understanding of the work task before they are allowed to do it alone. Maria Montessori is the founder of this model which originates in the slums of Rome. This model is geared particularly for low income individuals to encourage divergent thinking a skill not always found in poverty stricken areas. Divergent thinking results in adults who can adapt to rapid change, can act on and take imaginary leaps in life and lastly, envision multiple answers to a problem.

Montessori Method of Education believes that every child is different and has his own needs. So every child is allowed to learn in his own unique manner at his own pace. Every aspect of the Montessori curriculum starting from the Practical life to the Culture area is closely intrigued with each other which help in

In “The Montessori Method,” Maria Montessori proposes that teachers should teach according to what they have learned about the student. This method can be applied by "careful observation of the way in which children pursue their own learning" (573). Montessori’s argument is that students can only retain knowledge to their fullest capacity when teachers choose to teach directly to the students as individuals instead of as a whole. Not every student is the same because all students have different life experiences and life struggles. For this reason, Montessori questions why educational information is taught to all students the same way. Instead, students should have the opportunity to express their personality while teachers work towards developing engaging material that matches each child’s learning style, but this adaptation in teaching can only occur if the education system allows the students and teachers more freedom in educational course.

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 those actions.