Task 2 M3 LA 3 Part 1

Instructions

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Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, 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. Subsequently, she traveled the world and wrote extensively about her approach to education, attracting many devotees. There are now more than 22,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide.  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 center 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.  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. Traveling 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.

(https://amshq.org/Montessori-Education/History-of-Montessori-Education/Biography-of-Maria-Montessori)

Task 2 a

Fill in the story elements of “Maria Montessori“in the following table.

Orientation	Events	Reorientation
Paragraph  1 ØMaria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn.	ØShe opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. ØMaria 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. ØMaria’s early medical practice focused on psychiatry. She also developed an interest in education. Maria designed learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn..	Paragraph 5 ØMaria also campaigned on behalf of women’s rights. Traveling 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.

Task 2 b

Answer these questions.

1.       What do the bolded words in the text mean?

I didn’t find any bolded words in the text.

2.       What moral value can you draw from the text?

People should learn from the efforts and struggle of Maria Montessori’ for education which consider about the children’s natural desire to learn  and her campaign on  women’s rights.

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 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’s story beneficial for education  because 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.