What is Montessori

What's the difference between Montessori and Traditional Education

 



 

MONTESSORI AND HER METHOD

 

Montessori education was founded in 1907 by Maria Montessori, the first female physician in her country. Dr. Montessori conducted numerous scientific researches and formed her theories from observation of children's learning process. She believed that the goal of early education should be to cultivate children's natural desire to learn instead of filling them with facts from a pre-selected course of studies. Now, almost a century since its introduction, Montessori education is found throughout the world.

 



 

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MONTESSORI AND TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

 

Montessori education differs from traditional education in many ways but the most important ones are at follows:

MONTESSORI	TRADITIONAL
Child-centered	Teacher-centered
Emphass on cognitive learning (understanding)	Emphasis on rate knowledge development (memorizing)
Child learns by handling objects	Teacher lectures
Child spots and corrects own errors through feedback from materials	Teacher corrects errors
Child motivated by self-development	Teacher motivated
Individual learning	Large group lessons
Environment and method encourage self-discipline	Teacher enforces discipline
Child free to move and work within classroom	Child assigned seats
Child chooses own work from interests and abilities	Teacher sets curriculum with little regard for child's interest
Child sets own learning pace to fully absorb information	Teacher sets pace

 

 




 

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