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The Montessori method / Maria Montessori..

By: Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA. : BN Publishing, 2008Description: 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9789562915823; 9562915824.Subject(s): Montessori method of educationDDC classification: 371.392
Contents:
Introduction - Revisiting montessori -- A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science -- History of methods -- Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the "children's houses" -- Pedagogical methods used in the "children's houses" -- Discipline -- How the lessons should be given -- Exercises of practical life - proposed winter schedule of hours in the "children's houses" -- Refection - the child's diet -- Muscular education: gymnastics -- Nature in education - agricultural labour: culture of plants and animals -- Manual labour - the potter's art and building -- Education of the senses -- Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material -- General notes on the education of the senses -- Intellectual education -- Methods for the teaching of reading and writing -- Description of the method and didactic material used rest period -- Language in childhood -- Teaching of numeration: introduction to arithmetic -- Sequences of exercises -- General review of discipline -- Conclusions and impressions.
Summary: This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to free a child to learn through his own efforts.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This groundbreaking classic of educational philosophy takes on urgent new necessity today, as "traditional" methods of early-childhood schooling seem to be failing us. Published in Italian in 1909 and first translated into English in 1912, these still-revolutionary theories focus on the individuality of the child and on nurturing her inherent joy of learning to create schools and other learning environments that are oriented on the child. Eschewing rote memorization and drilling, Montessori's method helps to foster abstract thinking and to fulfill a child's highest potential, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Parents from all walks of life will find the ideas herein immensely valuable. Italian doctor and educator MARIA MONTESSORI (1870-1952) was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School. She traveled extensively in Europe, America, and the Near East, studying early education and testing her educational methods.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-29).

Introduction - Revisiting montessori -- A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science -- History of methods -- Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the "children's houses" -- Pedagogical methods used in the "children's houses" -- Discipline -- How the lessons should be given -- Exercises of practical life - proposed winter schedule of hours in the "children's houses" -- Refection - the child's diet -- Muscular education: gymnastics -- Nature in education - agricultural labour: culture of plants and animals -- Manual labour - the potter's art and building -- Education of the senses -- Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material -- General notes on the education of the senses -- Intellectual education -- Methods for the teaching of reading and writing -- Description of the method and didactic material used rest period -- Language in childhood -- Teaching of numeration: introduction to arithmetic -- Sequences of exercises -- General review of discipline -- Conclusions and impressions.

This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to free a child to learn through his own efforts.

CIT Module EDUC 7011 - Core reading.

CIT Module EDUC 7012 - Core reading.