Q1. Discuss The Life and Works of Dr. Maria Montessori and Why Is She Referred To As A Lady Much Ahead of Her Time? Maria Montessori Life
Q1. Discuss The Life and Works of Dr. Maria Montessori and Why Is She Referred To As A Lady Much Ahead of Her Time? Maria Montessori Life
Q1. Discuss the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred
to as a lady much ahead of her time?
She was born on 31st August 1870 to an educated middle class family in Ancona,
Italy. Her father was a conservative military man and her mother was liberal
lady who always encouraged her daughter to pursuit her education. Maria
Montessori, an only child, she was a vivacious, strong-willed girl.
EDUCATION:
Her early education was in Florence and then Rome. At the age of thirteen, she
went to secondary, technical school. In those days Europe was very
conservation in its attitude toward and treatment of women, but Montessori
pursed medical and scientific education. After that, she graduated with highest
honors from medical school of the University of Rome. She became the first lady
doctor in the history of Italy in 1896. She was a brilliant student throughout her
academic career.
Work with special children:
WORLDWIDE RESPONSE:
DEATH:
Montessori died on 1952 in the Netherlands. Her name would always alive
because of her extraordinary contribution in the field of education.
LADY A HEAD:
Montessori is referred to lady a head because her discoveries are being
practiced all over the world. She is immortal through her methods which are still
being practiced now and will in future also. She lived in old days but was
definitely “A woman much Ahead of her time”.
1) Class room design is the most important place where children have to stay.
Montessori educational apparatus, tables and shelving, and related activities
equipment should be appropriate and several in number so that children could
approach them.
2) The number of students in the classroom should not be exceeding more than
30 students.
3) The size of the classroom should allow minimum of 20 square feet per
students at the early level, 30 squares for the elementary level and 40 squares
would be for secondary level.
4) Montessori house should be child sized where he could enjoy his age. A child
sized kitchen, science lab, an art studio, bath rooms, hobby workshop,
everything should be according to the size of a child. They lead him to fulfill his
desires and enjoy his own world.
5) A house should be design in such a way that the child could face outdoor
environment. There must be window through which the children could face
sunlight at a daytime and become a natural source of ventilation.
6) There must be the children garden where child can grow vegetables and fruits
7) There should not be any prohibition of doing something which the student is
not allowed at his home. “Prohibition is sweet or bitter, prohibition is
prohibition.”
8) Children are usually not allowed to do by themselves what they want at their
home so Montessori room should provide them this opportunity.
These are some factors which should consider while starting any house of
children.
HOW TO IMPLEMENT:
Considering requirements are very important but implementation is more
important than them because implementation is something which we have to
implement and how it works is based on it. There must be a lot of things which
should be implement those are:
Respect is the basic thing which everybody requires. Every child needs respect.
Parents try to force them to follow the parents without regarding their needs
CONCLUSION:
Q3. What are the discoveries made by Dr. Maria Montessori by observing the
child?
Maria discovered that children really need an order in their life. She found out
The age from 3 to 6 is the first phase of a child development. In this phase,
the child needs proper environment and freedom to practice his activities
which he has learns, observes and watches. Now he wants to put them in
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:
Language starts developing when a child is born. But in this age, his language
develops and achieves more sense more efficiently. He can easily make full
sentences. He becomes advance in development in this age group. The child is
able to understand about objects and relationships.
1. They start asking meanings of different words as their vocabulary builds up.
2. They start reciting the address, name and age.
At the age of 3:
1. He can name all colors.
2. He uses child’s scissors for cutting
3. He can hold pencil properly in this age.
4. Can copy a circle.
At the age of 4:
1. He can draw a house
2. He is able to build ten bricks tower.
All is all; a child develops his physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and lingual
in the age of 3 to 6 years.
1. Productive Art
2. Cooperative Art PRODUCTIVE ART
Productive Art:
It refers to an “art in which the activity of an artist is the principle and the only
cause of production” i e. shoemaker or tailor. They both have end product as
shoemaker have shoes and tailor stitches the clothes.
COOPERATIVE ART:
In this type of art, the end product is not predefined. There are three
cooperative arts which are: farming, healing, and teaching. Montessori teacher’s
main concern is with teaching under this art.
ROLE OF A TEACHER IN MONTESSORI CLASS:
There are numerous roles of a teacher in the Montessori classroom. She has to
be a role model for children as they imitate her actions. The important Roles of
the teacher in a classroom are given below.
A GOOD COMMUNICATOR:
As we know that a teacher is a role model for a student; she should be a very
good communicator and help the children to learn how to be a good
communicator and communicate their thoughts to adults.
DIAGNOSTICIAN:
Diagnostician’s mean concerns are with psycho educational assessment. A
Montessori teacher is a diagnostician as she can figure out the growth,
development, and behavior of the children and guide their parents about their
children habits.
SUPPORTIVE:
The teacher should be supportive, offering warmth, security, stability, and non-
Judgment acceptance to each child. She should support her student to learn or
generate new ideas and work independently.
To sum up, Montessori directress is more than a teacher. Her ultimate goal is to
facilitate Montessori children. She works as a guide, directress, and teacher or
mentor in order to retain curiosity, creativity and intelligence in students.