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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Italian physician Maria Montessori developed the Montessori method of teaching in the early 1900's while observing that children learn best when engaged in purposeful activity. Dr. Montessori inspired a movement that enabled children to teach themselves through sensory-rich, hands-on materials, nurture and love. Discover the ways in which Montessori classrooms differ from the traditional school setting in this enlightening.--Kanopy.
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inherited from Maria Montessori in 1907, the Montessori Method is a child-centered educational approach celebrating and nurturing each child's desire to learn – an approach valuing the human spirit and full child development: physical, social, emotional and cognitive. The Montessori Method is increasing in popularity and more and more Montessori schools are opening up around the world.
Curious to see how the Method works first hand, filmmaker
...Publisher
Educational Video Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Visits two well established model middle schools: School of the Woods in Houston (private) and Clark Montessori Junior High in Cincinnati (public).
Features eight curriculum elements present in any quality Montessori middle school program: multi-aged learning communities, grace and courtesy, hands-on theme-based learning, individual and group work, self-construction, environmental education, service learning and economic independence.
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