Maria Montessori a critical introduction to key themes and debates

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author O'Donnell, Marion (Author)
Corporate Author EBSCO Publishing (firma)
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781441185389
978-1-4411-8654-6
978-1-4411-7265-5
978-1-4411-3472-1
Physical Description1 online zdroj (vi, 196 s.)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Foundations of Montessori Education
  • Nurture and nature
  • Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1775-1838)
  • Adhered Seguin (1812-1880)
  • Giuseppe Sergi (1841-1936)
  • 2. Montessori and the First Children's House
  • The first experiment
  • What was new in the Montessori method?
  • Relationship to current issues
  • Learning to write and read
  • Beginning handwriting
  • Beginning reading
  • Mathematics
  • Implications for education
  • Relation to current issues and research
  • 3. Teacher Training and the Early Dissemination of Montessori Education
  • Teacher training
  • Preparation of a new directress/researcher
  • Critics and supporters
  • Dissemination of Montessori education
  • 4. Montessori and Child Development
  • Planes of development
  • Understanding development of the whole child, a personality
  • Connectionists
  • how children learn
  • Developmental curriculum
  • Cosmic education (6-12 years) use of imagination
  • 5. Montessori, the Teacher and the Prepared Environment
  • Critics and supporters
  • The Montessori directress
  • Preparing the environment
  • Social and emotional relationships
  • 6. Montessori, Parents and the Home Environment
  • Understanding child development
  • Mental health
  • Prizes and punishments
  • In the home
  • School/home relationships