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MONTESSORI
(1870 - 1952)
Life Sketch
• Dr. Maria Montessori(1870-1952) was an Italian Doctor.
c) Language teaching consists of desk, small balls, cards with letters pasted on
Apparatus
Materials used in the sensory training
• For touch.
• Tactual activity.
Montessori Materials
Principles of Montessori System of
Education
1. Principle of individual development.
child.
Principle of Freedom or Liberty
child.
Principle of Self-education or Liberty
adult interference.
• She pointed out that the senses are very active between the age
of 3 and 7.
development.
Principle of Motor Efficiency or
Muscular Training
training.
Principle of no Material Rewards &
Punishments
unnatural.
Principle of no fairy tales
young children.
• Because the stories will confuse & hinder them in the process
1. Teacher as a gardener.
3. Doctor-cum-scientist-cum-missionary.
5. Moral qualities.
Teacher as a gardener
• The teacher should take care for the child like a gardener
and aided.
The directress and not the teacher
completely religious.
• Like a scientist she should wait patiently for the results and
2. Sense Training:
She considered her school as the temple & the child as a God.
4. Individual Attention:
Practical exercises are provided to enable the children to learn good habits
like cleanliness, order, self-help and the dignity of labour.
Demerits of Montessori method
1. Mechanical & artificial nature of Didactic method:
Too much importance has been given to didactic apparatus. It will hand-cuff both
the teacher and the student.
2. Imagination is neglected:
Since there is no place for fairy tales, there is less scope for the imagination.
Successful working of the this method depends on teachers who posses extensive
knowledge of child psychology.
4. Very expensive: