Montessori Education

DIFFERENT EDUCATION APPROACHES

Montessori Education

Montessori education is mentioned frequently in recent years. There are many institutions in our country giving Montessori education. Let’s have a short look at it:

The developer of Montessori education Maria Montessori is the first woman doctor, anthropology professor and pedagogue of Italy. Maria Montessori has placed children in the center of this approach. The child decides what s/he will learn when and how on his/her own.

Montessori supports to learn by experiencing. Every child is evaluated according to his/her own learning speed. The child is responsible for his/her own behaviors and cooperation is in the center of this method. Children are active in the classroom. This method is against rote learning. On the contrary of traditional education, daily activities like doing up shoelace, getting dressed, buttoning up are included in the lesson. Children adapt concrete thinking.

According to Montessori education, the child is single. Every child is different. The learning speed of every child is different from each other. So, differentiated education is given. This is why self-reliance develops.

A child getting Montessori education loves a free education environment. s/he is not used to traditional education. His/her mental and physical development proceeds positively since s/he is free and calm and is not afraid of making mistakes during the lesson.

A child receiving Montessori education will be a free, self-reliant, positive person with developed social skills, not needing anyone else while solving a problem. S/he will be able to manage crisis well and have a high motivation.