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Fromtheperspectiveofpersonality,fromtheperspectiveofhumandevelopmentasawhole,considertheeducationoftheinteryearHaragang
EditedbyMariaMontessori,ItalyWhatisPersonality?Wheretostart?Whendopeoplebecomepeople?Thereisnodoubtthatinessence,thereisonlyonepersonality,whichrunsthroughdifferentstagesofdevelopment.Nomatterwhatwethinkofashumanbeings,nomatterwhatagetheyarein,whethertheyareelementaryschoolstudents,teenagers,youthoradults.Theyallgrowupfromchildrentoadults,andtheirharmonyofpersonalityhasneverchanged.Sincehumanpersonalityisacompleteunityatdifferentstagesofdevelopment,weshouldconstructaneducationalprincipleinvolvingallagestages.
Abouttheauthor
Abouttheauthor
MariaMontessori
1870,borninChiarava,Ancona,ItalyLaitown.SheisthefirstfemalemedicaldoctorinItalianhistory.Sheisafamousscientist,feminist,andoneofthegreatesteducatorsinthehistoryofmoderneducation.Sheisachampionofchildren.Herdiscoveriesaboutchildren'sgrowthanddevelopment,andthescientificeducationsystemthatwaslaterdevelopedbasedonthesediscoveries,areextremelyrevolutionary.Eventoday,morethanahundredyearshavepassedsincethefoundingofthefirstchildren’shomecreatedbyDr.Montessori.HerconceptofeducationstillhasuniquevalueandencouragesmanypeopletopayattentiontochildrenandactivelyProvideopinions,directionsandopportunitiesforsocialreform.
In1952,MariaMontessoripassedawayintheNetherlands,butthroughherowncreationoftheInternationalMontessoriAssociation(AMI),hercareercontinued.CountlesschildrenhavebenefitedfromMontessorieducation,andtheMontessorimethodhasbecomethemostpopularteachingmethodintheworld.
Introductiontothetranslator
GuoJinghao
IoncelivedabroadandgotintouchwithMontessorieducationinAustralia,andthenresignedtodevotehimselftoeducation.Afteryearsofunremittingefforts,heintroducedAMI'sbusinesstoChinain2007.HeiscurrentlythedirectorofChinaMontessoriInternationalEducationandTrainingCenter(MTC),anAMIinstitutioninChina,andorganizesAMI0-3,3-6,6Internationalcertificationtrainingforprofessionalteachersattheageof12years.In2010,hepublished"LetChildrenEnjoyHome"(ChinaDevelopmentPublishingHouse),aseriesof"MontessoritoParents",whichreceivedwidespreadattentionandpraise.
CatalogueofWorks
TheGrowthofMan
TheFormationOfMan
ContentsDirectory
Part1PrejudiceandNebula
Introduction
WhatistheMontessorimethod?Wecanunderstand"methods"as"helpsgiventomakeone'spersonalityindependent",or"ameanstosaveone'spersonalityfromtheoppressionoftraditionaleducationalprejudices".
Contradictions
WhatistheMontessorimethod?
The"people"wehaven'treallyknown
Researchonpeople
Thecurrentsituationofoursociety
Thetaskofneweducation
Part2"PrejudiceinScienceandEducation
Thedisplayofchildren'sinnernaturalorderanditsobstacles
Allofthisisveryclear.Intheprocessofgrowth,thereisaninternaldrivingforceinthesubconsciousmindthatpromotesthegrowthofpeople,anditisthisinternaldrivingforcethatpromotestheconstructionofeachindividual.
RevelationandObstacles
Precedents
Children’sMentalForms
Muneimei
Discipline
Orderandgoodness
Healthandbias
Thefoundationofgrowth
Open-mindededucation
ScienceandeducationPrejudiceagainstchildren
Allparentsintheworldhavea"subconsciousself-defensemechanism"intheirhearts,andthewholesocietyhasalsoformedacollectivesubconsciousthatkeepsawayfromandsuppresseschildren—thisisforhisgood,rightHewasresponsible,evensacrificedforhim.
Theacquisitionofculture
Socialproblemsofchildren
Ombis
Nebula
WecanassumeThereisageneticcharacteristicofacertainlanguage.Itislikeaclusterofnebula.Atfirst,ithasnosolidformandseemstobequiet,butwithoutit,nolanguagecanhavetheopportunitytodevelop.
Humanandanimal
Children’sfunction
Psychologicalembryo
Absorbentmind
Adaptation
Contactwiththeworld
Conclusion
Part3Worldwideliteracyproblems
Imaginethatchildrenshouldovercomedifficultiesinorder:fromshortwordstolongwords,fromsimplesyllablestocompoundsyllables,andsoon.Inotherwords,ateachstage,childrenaresetupwithobstaclesthattheymustovercome.Infact,thosedifficultiesdonotexist.
Despotismandliteracy
Slavesandchildren
Readingandwritingisthefoundationofculture
Writingoutburst
ActivitiesLetters
Preparationbeforewriting
Readingtraining