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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
M
ariaMontessoridevelopedanoriginalconceptofchildeducationbased
onthesearchforanswerstotimeless,fundamentalquestionsaboutthe
meaningoflifeandhumangrowth.TepositionthatMontessorideveloped
onwhatsheseesastheproperunderstandingofhumannatureenabledher
toformulateaconceptofschoolandeducation.Atthebeginningofthe20th
century,sheformulateduniversallawsgoverningthedevelopmentofchildren,
whichresultedinthedesignofaschoolenvironmentthatwouldcorrespond
totheneedsofadevelopingpersonthatshehaddiscoveredanddescribed.
Montessoripresentedthechildasapersonpreparedtoliveinachanging
world.Duringthemanyyearsofhercareer-asadoctorandeducator-she
triedtoprovescientificallythatthedevelopmentalprocessresultsfromthe
interactionsbetweenone)spersonalpotentialandtheenvironment.Teidea
istreatedincontemporarypsychologyasanindisputablethesis.Montessori
maintainedthatintheprocessofgrowth,achildisessentiallyself-determining
andfreeintriggeringtheirlatentpotential.Tisprinciplecanbedescribed
asbeing
freelikeadynamiclinkinjoiningdilerentcultures,whereverheisandwhenever
hewillbe.Freetomakedecisionsandexercisehiswill.Freeinabsorbingthe
characteristicsofhissurroundingsandincreatingthebasisforhisfuturelife.
Freeinthedialoguewithhisworld.(Ewijk,2011,p.2)
Montessoristatedthathumansdonotremainaproductofgeneticand
culturalconditions.Inhervision,theybecomeactiveagentswhoaresubject
totheinfluenceoftheworld,andwhoalsodeveloptheirinternalandexternal
world.Asaresult,Montessorinoticedthateducationcanbeusedasakindof
assistanceforapersonindevelopingtheirindividuallifepotentialinorderto
gainindependence.Spontaneousactivitybecomesthesourceofindependence,
whichgeneratesspecificdevelopmentalachievements.Achild)sactivityshould
betriggeredanddirectedbytheschoollearningenvironment,theCprepared