Education System In Montessori

The issue of education was, is and will be a burning issue and always in the forefront. There are different views on how it should be an educational system. One of these views is also of Maria Montessori. The Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in Italy, studied medicine and then Pedagogy, Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Rome. Later Maria stated that it must unite all these sciences in order to help children with mental retardation in their integration at school. Thus she applied the Montessori system in children who she noticed that they could not keep pace with the rest students due to the educational system that existed then in Italy. Later on she organized early childhood education centers, "child 's home". There the children

More or less all the children in the world are going to the kindergarten. It is a step before the elementary school, until the age of 5-6. Many countries have already incorporated in their educational systems the term of kindergarten as part of compulsory education before they can be able to move on to the other parts of school. Other countries they take kindergarten as a morph of “Daycare” due to the fact that is actually a part of preparation of the child for his next steps to school, but he cannot just move directly so in the kindergarten must have the same feeling as to its home. There, instead of their parents they would be other adults (kindergarten teachers) who will be responsible for them. Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), a German educationalist, was the founder of the Kindergarten system. His inspiration comes through nature. As a lonely boy at his first years, due to the lack of time his parents had, he ended up to the conclusion that the people are creatures constructive and lucrative. Kindergarten activities are mainly based to playing. Through playing children can learn things easily, for example how to study for mathematics and computer science and also to develop skills on arts. Furthermore, though playing a child has the opportunity to know better the world around him by making his first friendships and by observation of the atmosphere that he lives. Another way that

On the other hand, the Montessori Method has as an aim to develop the individuality of every child. The next clear difference between those two systems is their bases (backgrounds). On the Kindergarten System the background is based on philosophy and in general faced to the humanitarian level. Οn the contrary the Montessori Method is based on scientific background (Doctor/ Physician). In addition to this, Kindergarten system is focused on giving instructors to children while the Montessori system is focused on helping the child to make things on its own. So the role of the teacher in the first case has leading character and sees the child as a plant and in the second one helping character and faces the child with absolute confidence in his capabilities. (Merit Res. J. Edu. Rev. , 2013, p. 261-262) In a non-Montessori classroom, pacing is up to the teacher and every class lasts from 20 to 45 minutes. Also all the children are focusing to the same thing no matter what their needs are and all of them stop by the ringing of the bell. (Lillard, 2005). (Mallett & Schroeder