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This 8 page paper discusses the Montessori educational philosophy and how it provides the foundation for practical life activities. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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teacher is the center of the educational effort. Today, more and more people are looking at the idea of child-centered education; they are decades behind Montessori, who suggested this at
the turn of the 20th century. Montessori education is aimed at elementary grades. This paper first explains the principles of the Montessori philosophy in greater detail. It then considers the
"Practical Life" activities that are part of the Montessori classroom and discusses direct and indirect objectives of Practical Life activities. Finally, it links these exercises to sensitive periods, the home,
independence, freedom and self discipline. Discussion Maria Montessori: Maria Montessori observed the traditional educational system with a great deal of concern for the way it treated both children and teachers.
She referred to the "sorry spectacle of the teacher who, in the ordinary schoolroom, must pour certain cut and dried facts into the heads of the scholars" (Montessori, M., 1912,
p. 21). If he or she is to succeed in what Montessori calls "this barren task," the teacher "finds it necessary to discipline her pupils into immobility and to force
their attention" (Montessori, M., 1912, p. 21). This system thus necessitates the use of punishments and rewards to force the students to sit and listen quietly (Montessori, M., 1912).
Her argument was that this artificial arrangement was difficult for everyone, and that it impeded learning rather than enhancing it. She compares children who win prizes for studying to race
horses given lumps of sugar for running: it is a learned response that has nothing to do with the childs interests or inner life (Montessori, M., 1912). But if the
student is truly interested in a subject rather than being forced to study it because its in the curriculum, he is very likely to excel: "... a young student may
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