Eight Principles of Montessori Education
6. Learning in Context: In traditional
schooling, children sometimes learn without
understanding how their learning applies to anything
besides school tests. Dr. Montessori reacted to this
by creating a set of materials and a system of
learning in which the application and meaning of what
one was learning should come across to every child.
Because Montessori children do things, rather than
merely hear and write, their learning is situated in the
context of actions and objects. This approach,
sometimes referred to as "situated cognition,"
reflects a movement in education that goes alongside
current interests in cultural psychology,
apprenticeship, and how people learn through
participation in their culture.
* Read about the first five principles of Montessori
education in previous newsletters. Movement and Cognition, Choice, Interest, Extrinsic Rewards are Avoided, and
Learning with and from Peers.
* Check back next month to learn about the seventh
principle of Montessori education - Teacher Ways
and Child Ways
Kid Quote of the Month
As a teacher (who shall remain nameless) sat down
on the couch with a child, "Boing! We all go boing
when you sit down."
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