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    Maria Montessori was born on August 31,1870 in Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy to a financial manager father and an educated mother who highly valued education. Due to this, Montessori was a properly educated woman with a talent and passion for higher education which was extremely unusual for an Italian woman during her time. In the 19th century there was much controversy on whether children belonged in the work field or in the classroom. Based on their families social class a child would either go work

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    Maria Montessori was born on the 31st August 1870 in the town of Chiaravalle, Italy. Maria got her quest for knowledge from her parents who were both well educated. She started her education at a local state school and proceeded onto a technical institute where she intended to pursue a career in engineering. This was unusual at the time as there were barriers that constrained women’s careers, leaving them with fewer options to pursue technical careers than their male contemporaries. Even after graduating

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    Maria Montessori was an educational philosopher acclaimed for her child-centered education method that primarily focused on children’s natural ability to learn information through the stages of development. Because her method was centered around children, Montessori believed that the classroom environment and materials must be designed to foster children’s natural desire to discover information within their environment (Society, 2016; Pendleton, 2015). According to Northwest (2015), the guiding

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    The primary document I choose is the “The Montessori Method” that Maria Montessori wrote in 1909, later translated into English in 1912. Maria Montessori, an physician with her focus in psychiatry, eventually developing an interest in education. Maria used her medical background to observe children scientifically, learning which teaching methods works best for young child. In 1907, Maria opened the first Montessori school, where she implemented her observations into practical teaching methods. Montessori’s

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    Montessori Education SA Montessori, Pre-Primary Philosophy 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Covering Page 1 Table Of Contents 2 1 Write a page about Maria Montessori’s family, 4 where they lived, her father’s profession, her mother and her siblings 2 Where did Maria Montessori go to school, what did she study and why 5 3 Write about Maria Montessori’s Medical training, why, where 6 4 Note where she first practised medicine, why, and what did

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    The Three Levels of Obedience Julia B. Kulakowski Montessori Institute of San Diego The three levels of obedience are explained by Dr. Maria Montessori after long observations of children of multiple ages in her classroom. She defines the three of obedience as first, an ability to obey, but not all the time. Secondly an ability to obey at all times after developing their own will. Finally being able to obey consistently, moreover to follow another person which the child

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    Maria Montessori: From Marginal to Mainstream Biographical Background When I was at school we had a teacher whose fixed idea was to make us learn the lives of famous women, in order to incite us to imitate them. The exhortation which accompanied the narration was always the same: "You too should try to become famous. Would you not like to become famous?" "Oh no,' I replied drily one day, "I shall never be that. I care to much for the children of the future to add yet another biography to

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    Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy on August 31, 1870 to parents Allessandro and Renilde Montessori, she was their only child. Her parents were well educated, her father served in the army as an officer, her mother, coming from an upper-class family, was very intelligent and a forward thinker. During the time of Maria’s early education, Italy’s view on the roles of women were very traditional, therefore the opportunities for young girls were limited. Young girls were not encouraged

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    In this assignment I am required to evaluate two educational theorists, Maria Montessori and Frederick Froebel. Throughout this essay I will cover the topics of the philosophy of the theorists, their approach and implementations which contribute to their own beliefs towards the early childhood and education settings they have created. To conclude my essay I will state my personal reflections, and compare which elements of each theorists best fit in with my own attitudes, beliefs and values and also

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    Maria Montessori is one of the many early childhood theorist we have. Although there are many I chose to write about her, because of her unique theories. Maria was born in Italy in 1870 to Her father, Allessandro Montessori a retired army officer. Her mother, Renilde Stoppani Montessori, an intelligent, modern-thinking woman from a wealthy family. As a young child, Maria’s mom taught her how to knit, and in her spare time she would knit for the poor. This act of kindness was to teach her to be compassionate

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