The Montessori Method.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montessori method of education--Philosophy.

Montessori method of education.

Education, Preschool.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newburyport : Dover Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the landmark books in the history of education, this volume describes a new system for educating youngsters. Based on a radical concept of liberty for the pupil and highly formal training of separate sensory, motor, and mental capacities, the system enabled youngsters to master reading, writing, and arithmetic rapidly and substantially.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I - A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE NEW PEDAGOGY IN ITS RELATION TO MODERN SCIENCE; CHAPTER II - HISTORY OF METHODS; CHAPTER III - INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE " CHILDREN'S HOUSES "; RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE " CHILDREN'S HOUSES "; CHAPTER IV - PEDAGOGICAL METHODS USED IN THE " CHILDREN'S HOUSES "; ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONSIDERATION; ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTES; ENVIRONMENT: SCHOOLROOM FURNISHINGS; CHAPTER V - DISCIPLINE; INDEPENDENCE

ABOLITION OF PRIZES AND OF EXTERNAL FORMS OF PUNISHMENTTHE BIOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF LIBERTY IN PEDAGOGY; CHAPTER VI - HOW THE LESSONS SHOULD BE GIVEN; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: - CONCISENESS, SIMPLICITY, OBJECTIVITY; CHAPTER VII - EXERCISES OF PRACTICAL LIFE; PROPOSED WINTER SCHEDULE OF HOURS IN THE " CHILDREN'S HOUSES "; CHAPTER VIII - REFECTION - THE CHILD'S DIET; DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEALS; CHAPTER IX - MUSCULAR EDUCATION - GYMNASTICS; FREE GYMNASTICS; EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS; RESPIRATORY GYMNASTICS

CHAPTER X - NATURE IN EDUCATION - AGRICULTURAL LABOUR: CULTURE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS; CHAPTER XI - MANUAL LABOUR - THE POTTER'S ART AND BUILDING; CHAPTER XII - EDUCATION OF THE SENSES; CHAPTER XIII - EDUCATION OF THE SENSES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DIDACTIC MATERIAL: GENERAL SENSIBILITY; THE TACTILE, THERMIC, BARIC, AND STEREOGNOSTIC SENSES; EDUCATION OF THE STEREOGNOSTIC SENSE; EDUCATION OF THE SENSES OF TASTE AND SMELL; EDUCATION OF THE SENSE OF VISION; EXERCISE FOR THE DISCRIMINATION OF SOUNDS; CHAPTER XIV - GENERAL NOTES ON THE EDUCATION OF THE SENSES; CHAPTER XV, - INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION

GAMES OF THE BLINDAPPLICATION OF THE EDUCATION OF THE VISUAL SENSE TO THE OBSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER XVI - METHODS FOR THE TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING; CHAPTER XVII - DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD AND DIDACTIC MATERIAL USED; FIRST PERIOD: EXERCISE TENDING TO DEVELOP THE MUSCULAR MECHANISM NECESSARY IN HOLDING AND USING THE INSTRUMENT IN WRITING; SECOND PERIOD: EXERCISES TENDING TO ESTABLISH THE VISUAL-MUSCULAR IMAGE OF THE ALPHABETICAL SIGNS, AND TO ESTABLISH THE MUSCULAR MEMORY OF THE MOVEMENTS NECESSARY TO WRITING; THIRD PERIOD: EXERCISES FOR THE COMPOSITION OF WORDS; READING

CHAPTER XVIII - LANGUAGE IN CHILDHOOD DEFECTS OF LANGUAGE DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATION; CHAPTER XIX - TEACHING OF NUMERATION; INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC; THE NUMBERS AS REPRESENTED BY THE GRAPHIC SIGNS; EXERCISES FOR THE MEMORY OF NUMBERS; ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FROM ONE TO TWENTY: MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION; LESSONS ON DECIMALS: ARITHMETICAL CALCULATIONS BEYOND TEN; CHAPTER XX - SEQUENCE OF EXERCISES; SEQUENCE AND GRADES IN THE PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL AND IN THE EXERCISES; CHAPTER XXI - GENERAL REVIEW OF DISCIPLINE; CHAPTER XXII - CONCLUSIONS AND IMPRESSIONS

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ISBN:

0-486-12109-7

OCLC:

868273620