The Sounds Of Learning: What Do You Know About Montessori Education?

I choose to reasearch Montessori Education because the schools are common in the southern region. Many parents of the attendees claimed the schools offer a better educating method. Other than personal testimony and the name, I held little knowledge about the method and history.

Maria Montessori (1870-1952) did not conform to the traditional education for women. The daughter of a wealthy political figure pressed for an alternative. Rewarded by effort, she became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in Italy.

Although her work included psychiatry and anthropology, Dr. Montessori is most recognized in the U.S. for contributions in education. Her work designed to help children of poverty-stricken areas, nurture the curiosity, creativity and imagine which providing basic skills. Believing every child contain a contained unique ability that needed unveiling, she contributed a method that observed

children in an environment that supported life and help them excel to the greatest possible spiritual, physical and mental level. Accessing and nurturing child potential began with infancy assistance and continued through high school. Classes are the same standard curriculum as conventional school, but incorporate sensory learning to solidify newly introduce knowledge. Children follow their interests by conducting researches using resources pertaining to conventional subject matter and guided by the teacher. Students work independently and typically transcend expectations. Mixed age groups learn from and teach one another while mastering academic subjects. Progress tracking occur, but not through examination of general education skills.

The Montessori education develops a sense of unity. It fosters positive responses to difficult or overwhelming situations. There is criticism about the free development style and decreased emphasis on textbook homework. However, pupil performance paralleled that of conventional studies.

Montessori education could be a better way of educating as long as schools maintain the Dr. Montessori’s original aim to improve the education level in poor communities. If this give students a better opportunity to become successful people than children should be allowed the advantage.