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    Dr. Maria Montessori developed the Montessori Method of education by observing behaviors in young children which formed the foundation of her educational method. Montessori method is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific clarifications of children from birth to adulthood. Dr. Montessori’s Method has been time tested, with over 100 years of success in diverse cultures throughout the world. It is a view of the child as one who is naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating

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    Montessori Curriculum Model Approach Research Paper 2017-10-13 The topic that I choose for my curriculum model/approach paper is Montessori. Montessori is an approach to education that is individual. It is for children from toddlers all through high school that helps all children reach full potential in all the areas of life. Montessori is an approach that is student-centered. Montessori encourages creativity and curiosity and helps children to ask questions, explore, investigate and think of themselves

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    Dr Maria Montessori dedicated and committed her life into education of the children. She has witnessed through some years with wars and conflicts and she thought; through education this can be turned into peace to this world. Since the year 1907 Montessori name has been recognized in the education system. Even though it has been over a century to this date Montessori principles are as powerful as it was. Dr Maria Montessori has relied on her actual observations on children to develop her method

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    especially interested in mathematics. Rather than find them boring and absurd, they find them interesting and absorbing. It is a fact that most children in our Montessori schools manage to achieve great enthusiasm while working with mathematics. Is the preparation of their minds that allows them to reach this pleasure." Maria Montessori, London Lectures, 1946, p 41 Mathematics has always been a difficult subject for students. Many children have developed phobias and barriers towards mathematics

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    Curriculum Model - Montessori Method BACKGROUND Maria Montessori, 1870-1952 Maria Montessori was the first woman to attend medical school in Italy and the first female Doctor of Medicine there. She developed her technique by working with handicapped and underprivileged children, but found the principles and methodologies she was experimenting with to be applicable to all children. She had an impact on the field of education which is still felt today. Montessori schools are looked at as a viable

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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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    school. After being bombarded with his/her environment the child is enthusiastic and driven by impulses during this adjustment. According to Montessori, adjustment doesn’t occur unaided, there seems to be a perfect time frame for optimal adjustment to occur. She says “A child learns to adjust himself and make acquisitions in his sensitive periods” (Montessori, 2007b, Ch7, p40). A sensitive period relates to the child’s mental growth. This period lasts for a short time which is long enough for the

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    Part B Maria Montessori and Rudolf Steiner are both known as an educator in early childhood education. Their theories, principles, and beliefs share many similarities. But at the same time, show many differences. Inspired by the work of Itard and Seguin, two almost forgotten French doctors, Maria Montessori took the idea of scientific approach to develop her theories, principles and beliefs in early childhood education, which through observation and experimentation. All the learning activities

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    Conducting Field Observations was a wonderful opportunity for me. The school at which I did my observation is Williamsburg Montessori School (WMS). Located in the beautiful riverfront school building at Schaefer Landing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the Williamsburg Montessori School serves parents of children from three (3) months to six (6) years of age. The neighborhood in which the school is located is very quiet and is populated by a variety of people from different ethnic backgrounds, Black, White

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    Montessori Schools 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

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