Task 2 M3 LA3
Fill in the story
elements of “Maria
Montessori“ in the following
table.
Task 2a
Orientation
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Events
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Reorientation
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Maria
Montessori was an Italianphysician, educator, and innovator,
acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children
naturally learn. She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa
dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. There are now
more than 22,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide.
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- Maria Montessori was born on
August 31, 1870, in the provincial town of Chiaravalle, Italy. She was
well-schooled and an avid reader—unusual for Italian women of that time. The
same thirst for knowledge took root in young Maria, and she immersed herself
in many fields of study before creating the educational method that bears her
name. Maria was a sterling student, confident, ambitious, and unwilling to be
limited by traditional expectations for women. When she graduated from
medical school in 1896, she was among Italy’s first female physicians.
- Maria’s early medical
practice focused on psychiatry. She also developed an interest in education,
attending classes on pedagogy and immersing herself in educational theory.
Her studies led her to observe, and call into question, the prevailing
methods of teaching children with intellectual and developmental
disabilities. In 1907 Maria accepted a new challenge to open a childcare
centre in a poor inner-city district. Utilizing scientific observation and
experience gained from her earlier work with young children, Maria designed
learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s
natural desire to learn. News of the school’s success soon spread through
Italy and by 1910 Montessori schools were acclaimed worldwide.
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As
a public figure, Maria also campaigned vigorously on behalf of women’s
rights. She wrote and spoke frequently on the need for greater opportunities
for women, and was recognized in Italy and beyond as a leading feminist
voice. Maria Montessori pursued her ideals in turbulent times. Living
through war and political upheaval inspired her to add peace education to the
Montessori curriculum. But she could do little to avoid being ensnared in
world events. Travelling in India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and
Great Britain broke out, she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of
the war. At war’s end, she returned to Europe, spending her final years in
Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.
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Task 2b
Answer
these questions.
1. What
do the bolded words in the text mean?
The bolded words are: physician, educator, and
innovator. Physician
is a professional who practices medicine, which concerned with promoting,
maintaining, and restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment
of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Educator is someone who educates people. Innovator is someone who introduces changes and new
ideas.
2. What moral value can you draw
from the text?
we can follow educational movement that
Maria Montessori did . As a teacher we
should design learning materials and a classroom environment that foster the
children’s natural desire to learn. We focus on respecting and encouraging each
student’s individual differences in the teaching and learning process. We also
should respect the women’s right to have better education in the society.
3. How did Maria manage the
struggle in difficult times?
She traveled to India in 1940 when hostilities
between Italy and Great Britain broke out and she was forced to live in exile
for the remainder of the war.
4. How did she end her life?
At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her
final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6,
1952.
5. Why do you think Maria’s story
beneficial for education?
Maria Montessori’s effortss for
education, particularly her design in learning materials and a
classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn are
now applied and useful worldwide. That is the reason Maria’s story beneficial for education.
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