Monday 3 June 2013

How did Dr. Maria Montessori a physician who was born before the twentieth century began and died in the middle of it, developed an educatinal approach that prepares young people for the 21st century? lets find out



hey there my lovely Friends I'm so sorry for the delay in my blog post , i was really caught up. anyways I'm back with my new post not exactly new as i have posted it earlier but then something went wrong and my post got deleted:( but the good news is i have re composed it for you my lovely friends... so lets get started....
   before we get started i would like to share something very important with you
 we all have problems in life and
did u ever noticed most of our problems are results of problematic experiences of childhood...
why ??? let me explain...u must have heard famous quote
"Nature never change" this nature is developed during the first 6 years of age! every human being's basic nature develops during first 6 years of age! if we are scared of something during this phase we will be scared of it in future too or vice versa (this is the time when u have to work really hard with your child but in a right manner.)
       and i found Montessori method really helpfull i will share with u later first L
et me introduce you to Dr. Maria Montessori
Dr. Maria Montessori was an MBBS and she studied psychology too. she worked with special children there she have seen them being treated like trash or animals it was hard for her to see children like this (mentally or physically challenged though)
she developed materials for them and engaged them in activities while using those specially developed materials by Dr. Montessori herself. She observed them working with those materials in a particular environment ( environment is really important). after a year or so those special children showed success in education which was a miracle at that time.
after the success of special children (with limited I.Q level). She was concerned if special children can show success, what kept normal kids back in education???

this was the question which led her to develop an educational system for children.
many people ask  How did Dr. Maria Montessori a physician who was born before the twentieth century began and died in the middle of it, developed an educational approach that prepares young people for the 21st century?

the answer is really simple she OBSERVED children carefully and discovered their true nature!
every child is born with same natural needs no matter in which date or place of the world he or she is born, the natural needs of a child are universal that is why Montessori education is use full for children of present time too.
a child is born with an absorbent mind which is unconscious till 2.6 years after 2.6 brain is still absorbent but conscious. children are born with a strong urge to explore their environment and  learn to live independantly. its that urge, curiosity that makes them so active and restless and if they dont find appropriate environment they become unhappy, frustrated and cause more trouble.
the phase from birth till 6years is very important it is full of  a series of  
"SENSITIVE PERIODS"

these periods overlap eachother. many educationists say that a child's learning ability during this time is 100 times more than a fully grown adult! and children can learn any thing (from education to manners, morals etc) to their full potential and if these periods are overlooked u can never teach children any thing to 100 percent full potential they may learn things but as i have said earlier not to their full potential.
in my next post i will try to explain more about sensitive periods and how we parents shuold behave and what are the most common mistakes we parents make.....


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