What Are We Going To Learn Today??
What Are We Going To Learn Today??
What Are We Going To Learn Today??
going to learn
today??
MARIA
MONTESSORI
(1870 - 1952)
Life Sketch
Dr. Maria Montessori(1870-1952) was an Italian Doctor.
She prepared a scheme for the education for the feeble-
minded children.
She was appointed as a director of special schools.
She establish a school for children named ‘casa de Bombini’
or children’s house on January 6, 1907.
She discovered the training of senses and muscles.
She wrote a book which was very famous named ‘Discovery
of the child’.
In 1939, she visited India and stayed till 1951.
Principles of Montessori system of education
Apparatus
What is Didactic Apparatus?
– Maria Montessori
• Everything has a
purpose
• Self-correcting
• Made of materials such
as wood, wicker, fabric,
or metal
Practical Life
Materials
Practical Life
Caring for self, others, and the
environment
Learn every day skills such as
pouring, scooping, cleaning, or tying
Increase self-esteem and
independence
Fine motor skill development
Learning through trial and
error
Sensorial
Materials
Geometric solids
Sensorial
For touch.
Tactual activity.
Individual characteristic
• She believed that every child is peculiar and unique.
child.
Functions of a Teacher
1. Teacher as a gardener.
3. Doctor-cum-scientist-cum-missionary.
5. Moral qualities.
Principle of no Material Rewards
& Punishments
• According to her rewards and punishments are unnatural
unnatural.
Strengths of Montessori method
1. Freedom for children:
2. Sense Training:
She considered her school as the temple & the child as a God.
4. Individual Attention:
Too much importance has been given to didactic apparatus. It will hand-cuff
both the teacher and the student.
2. Imagination is neglected:
Since there is no place for fairy tales, there is less scope for the imagination.
4. Very expensive:
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