Maria Montessori is one of the greatest names in education. The concepts of Maria Montessori can be tied back to her faith which she felt very strongly about. According to Montessori, the teacher must always pay attention to their student compared to the child paying attention to the teacher. The child moves at their own pace in an environment controlled to provide means of learning. Imaginative teaching materials are the heart of the process. Each child is self-correcting and this enables the child to make their own mistakes. It is said that if you were to look into a "Montessori Classroom" you would see "controlled chaos". This is said because each child would be working on whatever learning task they chose. When Montessori taught other teachers she would tell them, "When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of education." Her thought process of education and teaching are something that I agree with. I love the idea of "each child is self-correcting." I agree with Montessori when this is the idea because it is true that the child will make their own mistakes and then learn from them. Teachers are meant to guide their students not do things for them.
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