Dr. Montessori’s scientific research led her to discover a System of Education in which the roles of both the teacher and the student are changed. She designed a different environment which became a new third factor in the teaching/learning equation.
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Dr. Montessori’s scientific research led her to discover a System of Education in which the roles of both the teacher and the student are changed. She designed a different environment which became a new third factor in the teaching/learning equation.
In this carefully Prepared Environment, the teacher stops being a tyrant and becomes a Guide. She becomes a dynamic link between the children and the developmentally appropriate materials that make it possible for them to educate themselves. Here each child is able to develop and learn at his or her own individual pace, through purposeful activities with the classified materials that are available to him in this unique Prepared Environment.
Dr. Montessori described her Prepared Environment as “a place where a child could be nourished for its design meets his needs for self-construction and helps him to reveal his personality and growth patterns to us.”
The Eight Key Elements of the Montessori Prepared Environment are:
Freedom and discipline
Freedom within the context of respect for the rights of others allows the child to reveal himself to us and makes it possible for the Guide to observe and