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Introduction

Maria Montessori was a Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and

her writing on scientfic pedagogy.

Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in a provincial town of Chavaraille, Italy. Her father was a financial

manager for a state run industry. Her mother was raised in a family that prized education. Maria had the same interests for

knowledge as her mother. Maria had many fields of study before creating the school that bears her name. In her earlier

childhood Maria grew up in Rome wher she was surrounded by libraries, museam, and fine schools.

In this WebQuest I am going to introduce you to Maria Montessori and how the events, her belief, theory, and how Maria

Montessori affected the role of the contempory early childhood educator.

Task

The Daily Montessori website explains Maria Montessori Theory, that can be applied across all ages. The Daily Montessori

keep you up todate with any changes in the Montessori education, it gives you a history on Dr. Montessori, her sacrafice,

and her love for children and her determination to show us a way to teach metally ill children as well as normal children.

The American Montessori Society is committed to the development and dissemination of Montessori related idea,

philosophies, and research. If you looking to keep up with what happening now in the Montessori news and research or

planning research on Montessori education. This will be the place to learn. There are many research resources and

communication.

Process

Dr. Maria Montessori had many accomplishments, one being her "Montessori Method," a method that is use to educate young childrn, by letting the children make their own decision, especially through practical play. This method allowed the

children to work at their own pace and gave the teacher room to get a better understanding of the childrn development. The

teachers that teach in the Montessori field meet the student needs in age groups: two and a half years to six years, and six

and half to twelve years old. Dr. Montessori says she want the students to learn through activities that involve exploration,

manipulations, order, repetition, abstraction, and communication. The children that are in the first two age group, the teacher

are to encourage the children to use their senses to explore and to take advantage of the materials in their living

environment. The last age group work with abstract concepts based on their newly developed powers of reasoning,

imagination, and creativity.

Evaluation

When Maria Montessori faily move to Rome she was twelve years old, her parent felt that Maria could have better

opportunity with her education there. Her parents wanted her to teach, like the othe wormen did, but Maria wanted

engineering because her love for mathematic. Dr. Montessori broke barrier, she was the first women medical student in

Italy. By obtaining scholarships she was able to finish and pay for her education. Dr. Montessori had a lot of determination

to become a doctor that she went out in severe weather to class when all her classmate stayed at home. Maria got most of her

lecture one on one. She also stayed up late nights to dissect a cadever alone because in the earlier days women could not

dissect in the present of men. Dr. Montesorri was the first woman doctor in Italy in 1896.

Dr Montessori worked in a psychiatric clinic for unfortunate children. She observed these childrn for two years. Dr.

Montessori sought solution to help these children, she felt and decided that there had to be more than medicine to help the

children. dr. Montessori work closely with the children observing, analyze them and developed new materials. After

given up the clinic, in 1901 she studied philosophical education and pedagogical pathology. She continue her study of

Itard and Seguin two French doctors who believed in the education of deviated children. In 1906 Dr. Montessori opened

up a housing project in a slum area in the district of San Lorenzo. She was given one assistant with no education

background which made Dr. Montessori happy because she was able to use her methods of teaching without her assistant

hindering her. She showed her assistant how to present the materials, she did not give her no limitation. In January 1906

the observation that she gave her students she started forming her principal.

Conclusion

Dr. Maria Montessori was a very gifted person, she saw things in children that no one, even today take time to see. Alot of

children are being put on medication instead of using alternate, like taking their time to know the children and understand

their needs. Dr. Montessori observed a child need for repetition which fulfilled a child need, so she allowed the children to

take the liberty to be able to accomplish their task. (The Daily Montessori). Dr. Montessori says, children are always being

rebuked about keeping their nose clean but no one has calmly taught them how to do it. This is how she learned that

children have a sense on personal dignity. Dr. Montessori emphasized the respect for the youngest child.

In 1907, twelve months after opening the school and observing and making changes to her methods, the room she was given

to teach children is now called "Casa dei Bambini" (Childrn House). Dr. Montessori fame of the Children House and her

methods and attribution spread quickly. People from all over the world were coming to observe the children. Educator was

amazed and astonished at what the children could do. Dr. Montessori wrote "The Method of Scientific Pedagogy as Applied

to Infant Education and the Children's Houses'" in 1909.

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