This context of learning was created by Maria Montessori in
1907 when the first Children House was created in Rome. The Montessori education
allowed children to be independent and the teacher would only intervene if the
child needed help or needed to be guided a bit in order for them to get to the
next part of the task. I believe this approach to be very effective in
encouraging children to be independent and to think for themselves. This context of learning developed exercises
which prepared the children for certain skills. Skills which it prepared children
for was reading and writing. These Montessori exercises are very different than
those in primary schools. They are especially developed for children to think
and improve skills in order for them to accomplish tasks. This context believed
in giving children a sense of self-determination and self-realization.
“The child who is “free to move about,” and who perfects
himself by so doing, is he who has an “intelligent object” in his movements;
the child who is free to develop his inner personality, who perseveres in a
task for a considerable time, and organizes himself upon such a fundamental phenomenon,
is sustained and guided by an intelligent purpose. When we refrain from guiding
the subjugated child step by step, when, liberating the child from our personal
influence, we place him in an environment suited to him and in contact with the
means of development, we leave him confidently to “his own intelligence.””
This quote is saying that because the teacher is only
guiding and lets the child do the task on their own it develops their personal
intelligence and allows the child to gain confidence in their own intelligence
and won’t need the teacher to help them because they are confident enough to do
it themselves.
I believe that there are benefits of the Montessori
education some of which include:
·
Gives children a sense of importance of self-expression
·
Children learn from each other as well as the
teacher and themselves
·
Learn through own experience
·
Their varieties of learning areas are wide, from
cultural aspects to daily living.
·
More of a one on one approach to teaching
·
Each child works at their own pace
However there are also negative aspects of the Montessori
Education:
- They work independently most of the time so don’t have much time to interact with peers
- Mixed ages
- Have to use correcting materials to check if their right
In my opinion the Montessori education context of learning
is a very unique style allowing children to learn because it allows children to
gain self-belief and confidence in the early stage which encourages them to do
tasks on their own which will be a major benefit for them in the future. It
also allows them to develop skills from the early years and allows them to
become more independent. I think the negative aspect of this context of
learning is that the children have to work independently and don’t always get a
chance to work with fellow pupils and to develop their social development.
Montessori, M.
(1965)(P195). Spontaneous Activity In Education. SCHOCKEN.
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