Maria Montessori's approach to early education, developed from her work with young children at the Casa dei Bambini in Rome beginning in 1907, built on the claim that children pass through sensitive periods of heightened receptivity to particular kinds of learning and learn best through self-directed activity in a carefully prepared environment rather than direct instruction.
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Core ClaimChildren move through sensitive periods of heightened receptivity to particular kinds of learning, and learn most effectively through self-directed activity in a prepared environment rather than direct instruction. 1 Connections
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The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that encourages children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods.
Montessori education, Sensitive periods
observed and discovered periods of special sensitivity to particular stimuli during this time which she called the 'sensitive periods.'
Montessori education, History
Maria Montessori began developing her educational philosophy and methods in 1897, attending courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome.
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AMI was constituted in 1929, by Maria Montessori, to maintain and develop her pedagogy with the purpose of making it available to as many children as possible worldwide.
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Erdkinder (German for "Children of the Earth") is the pedagogical model developed by Maria Montessori for the education of adolescents, typically defined as ages 12 to 18.
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