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Maria Montessori's Theory Of Early Childhood Education

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A pioneer in the early childhood educational (ECE) sector, born in Ancona, Italy in 1870, was Dr. Maria Montessori. Striving for peace and balance between child and adult was something that started at an early age for Montessori. One day she had placed a chair between her parents during a heated argument, stood on the chair and placed her Mother’s hand together with the hand of her Father’s as tightly as possible, thus, bringing to the forefront the beginning of her peace-making efforts between child and adult.
The belief system, Maria Montessori developed for herself was that there was good in every child, that they’re born with the potential to become incredible human beings; however, it was up to the adults to bring forth that potential. …show more content…

Unresolved challenges in any particular stage of development will cause the child larger challenges in the further stages, furthermore having the possibility of psychological consequences, making completing all the following stages more complicated. Erik’s first four stages or otherwise known as the “Early Years Foundation Stage” is what’s currently used as a set of guidelines in early education programs and are being used for assessment …show more content…

Without Steiner’s influence of allowing children freedom within limits to cultivate their self-worth, creativity and curiosity, we would potentially still be in a knowledge based only curriculum with a direct, strictly professional interest way of teaching instead of an active interest in teaching. The active teacher “will discover how to awaken in the upcoming generation a sense of inner, spiritual substance of life and also an understanding of life’s practicalities.” (http://wn.rsarchive.org/Education/IntWal_index.html

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