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into the role of Directress/Director in a Montessori learning environment. For while it is necessary for a student to understand, ...
olds from low income families. The schools began opening up in the United States in 1910. In the 1920s however, because of their c...
of her idiots began passing the same exams as non-retarded children, she started to question the effectiveness of the conventional...
the main query as to how students learn, Vygotsky explored how students construct meaning (Jaramillo, 1996; p. 133). Vygots...
to the thought (Durak, 2005). This process is needed for mathematics and logic to exist, as it is a way that a student will create...
experiences. At these early stages, the child does not have conscious awareness of the process of learning (Montessori, 1994). M...
settings is invaluable. It is the best way to learn about and understand each child in that environment. Foreman and Hall (2005) i...
classroom environment is therefore designed to encourage children to exercise control over the environment and to function with an...
to the place and specific time, there were numerous commonalties in the educational situation of Maria Montessoris time. Inner ci...
childhood education. She would not only enact an educational methodology which would directly aid the societally disadvantaged ch...
what is good or bad for childrens development is riddled with methodological flaws and the results subject to many different, even...
In seventeen pages this paper considers the elementary educational curriculum of Japan and the government controls that are in pla...
In nine pages this paper discusses how to teach children how to read in an assessment of the strenghts and weaknesses of phonic an...
In five pages this paper discusses the Montessori educational method in a comparative analysis with Mill's, Hegel's, and Marx's ph...
complex function of knowledge. Once we are born, for example, Plato contends that we forget this realm of pure Forms but that kno...
focus on practical life. This involves an awareness of taking care of oneself as well as ones environment. "Hand washing, dish was...
graduated system of learning in which children master simple, concrete concepts before progressing to the abstract" (Childrens Hou...
the past, and the hip-hop culture is alive and well on the purely public side of the building. I.S. 151 shares the building...
it. She said: "It may be said that that we acquire knowledge by using our minds; but the child absorbs knowledge directly into his...
than simply passing on knowledge: the individual has to develop into a fully integrated and high-functioning human being as well. ...
will make sure everything is at their height, there is a distinct difference between the left and the right sides of the room, and...
education, in the most basic sense, is a fundamental pre-requisite for the acquisition of any skill-set in life, from the most bas...
uses the external world to obtain information and knowledge (Montessori 1995). The child has an absorbent mind from birth to age...
Theorists point out that even infants learn. In fact, infants learn math and science before they can talk. Young children are natu...
(Montessori as cited by Hassebroek). For example, Montessori expresses in her writing the idea that the temper tantrums, which a...
concept of independence and freedom, both needed for the child to develop discipline (self-discipline) and obedience. As Conroy a...
(Durell, 2001). The child is involved in three types of knowledge and goes on to higher cognitive functioning through a variety o...
come to take care of her needs. The same is true for the toddler. The toddler begins learning unconsciously that if he does someth...
They see clocks, signs, calendars, television channels, and so on (Brown, n.d.). The exposure to numbers becomes a good opportunit...
In eight pages this paper discusses Maria Montessori's educational contributions and celebrates their continued relevance. Seven ...