A CHILD’S FREEDOM IN MONTESSORI EDUCATION APPROACH
Montessori approach, which is one of the approaches adopting a child-centered approach in education, was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Maria Montessori’s views on early childhood education were soon heard about in the whole world and she made important studies on early childhood edu...
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Fırat University
2019
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| Sumario: | Montessori approach, which is one of the approaches adopting a child-centered approach in education, was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Maria Montessori’s views on early childhood education were soon heard about in the whole world and she made important studies on early childhood education. Maria Montessori defined the concept of childhood, which she described as another pole of adulthood, with its unique characteristics and placed an enormous importance on child’s being free in education. So much so that she established her education program on freedom. According to her, a child can structure his/her own learning process by acting freely in a structured natural environment and by interacting with natural materials prepared specifically for him/her. When a child’s freedom is restricted and continually hindered, it is inevitable for the child to grow up as a child controlled by an adult from the outside and as a child who cannot take action to learn by thinking that he/she is insufficient. These children can even appear before us as in |
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