A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IN EDUCATION WITH MONTESSORI APPROACH
LANGUAGE: Languages used for the training: English, but many languages for 6+ groups. The language of the course can be arranged according to the characteristics of the groups in English, German, Italian, Spanish and Turkish.
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS:
Number of Training Days:10 Days
Lessons per week: 30 English Language
Lesson Duration: 09:00-15:00 for a day
Length and fees: 70 Auro per a day/person
Class Size: Maximum 20
Language level: A1/A2
Suitable for: Pre-primary and primary teachers.
COURSE BACKGROUND AND COURSE OVERVIEW:
The first women doctor of Italia, pedagogic doctor, and anthropology professor Maria Montessori(1870-1952) created a pedagogy that will contribute to the individual improvement of every child.
These are:
-Individual improvement
-Field of interests
-The speed of individual learning
-Characteristic features
In addition, she had cleared out that the mental disorder is mostly a pedagogic problem. So, she created her own methods by developing the former methods. She achieved greater successes with the groups that she taught them on their own.
In 06.01.1907, she founded the first children house. In this house, it had been researched that what are the things that children are interested in. These are the things that they do not like:
-Awards
-Punishments
-The education processes that are programmed by the adults for them
-Toys
-Sugars and cookies
-The teacher tables
-Collective classes
In this house, it had been cleared out that they like these:
-The free choice
-Controlling their own faults
-Moving
-Silence
-Their own creating and shaping of the social relationships
-Their environments’ being clean and ordered
-The discipline that they will create with the free activities
-The writing and reading without memorizing.
These are stands for an important place for the individual improvements of children. The methods used in the educational process are not determinant factors, the actual factors are the determinant ones. In this educational program, these are important thoughts:
-The child is special and he is just one, and he is specific.
-He absorbs the material world, and he builds his own character.
-With these buildings, they are unaware of their becoming architects.
So, adults should not stop their works of building by interferences. For this education, preparing an environment is important. These environments should be prepared related to children’s fields of interests and skills. So, materials, time and place for children should not be restricted. In addition, they should have the opportunities to repeat whenever they want.
Physical and mental hygiene for children is so important at this point, and supports of the adults for children take an important role in their lives at these ages. With the progresses of this education module, a new system has existed that is created and developed by its own.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the course:
-Excluding the fears of being tested and examination of the children
-Growing up more courageous individuals
-Excluding the normal children’s prejudices to disabled ones
-Student’s being followed and analyzed even after their Montessori education.
-Combining and including them into a free and environment education.
-To help their starting period to the adulthood ages without the fears of being tested
CONTENT AND METHODOLOGY:
The main point in Montessori Education is clear: “Children’s ability to do things on their own.” So, the adults should catch this point when their children are growing up. In this education, it is expected that teachers should understand the idea that children have the idea “Help me for my achieving on my own.” For this reason, in this education module, it is not important to children’s doing something, it is important that they should do their own. So, the methodology of education should step with this idea, first.
Then, teachers should not restrict them. Every child wants to learn something; however, this should not be with forcing them. So, they should create on their environment, first. Then, they should have their own responsibility feelings to work on something. By the way, while they are studying in these schools, they should not be exposed to the fears of being tested and examined. So, they should feel free while they are doing their duties.
Methods: Lectures, exercises, discussions, teamwork, role-playing, study visits
Course Topics:
The process of the formation of the responsibility in children’s inner-side
-Children aged 0-6 and then
-Individual improvement
-Abilities of children for the achievement of their own
-Abilities of children for solving problems of their own
Program (Training activities):
-PPT slides
-discussions
-evaluating
-sharing thoughts and ideas with the group
-sightseeing and the school visits
PREPARATION:
After confirming registration, participants will be informed about the details of the course (arrival, daily program). Participants will be able to introduce themselves and bring a few examples of routines and practices that they apply to their teaching.
MODULES:
Module1: Individual improvement processes of children
Module2: Ability to do tasks of their own
Module3: The conscious of taking responsibilities of their own
Module4: Preparing appropriate ambiance for children
FOLLOW UP:
Teachers will have some opportunities to have some opportunities after this course:
–They will learn about how they can train their students without interrupting them
-They will be experienced on how can increase their rates of the balance and harmony in the society
-They will learn about the benefits and contributes of the Montessori Education to the children
-They will learn about preparing the materials and environments appropriate to the children
-They can grow up more courageous individuals for future
DAILY TIMETABLE:
1ST DAY
(09:00-15:00)
-Welcome to the participants
-A quick introduction to the course
Coffee Break
-What is Montessori? Who discovered this education?
-How this person contributed to the children’s own learning and in which aspects?
-A session about the individual skills of the children
-Their fields of interests
Coffee Break
-The self-learning of the children without interfering of the parents or the teachers
-The learning environments of the children and their own adaptation
-Discussion
2ND DAY
(09:00-15:00)
-Talking about the characteristic features of children
-Pedagogical problems
Coffee Break
-Creating a solution to these problems
-The methods and techniques for children’s discovering of life
-Talking about children’s love to do or do not love to do
-Talking about how should we behave them
Coffee Break
-Long-learning of the children
-Creating attractive activities for them
-Discussion
3RD DAY
(09:00-15:00)
-Introduction of the process of the formation of the characteristics of the children and their improvement
-The techniques about how can read and write without memorizing
Coffee Break
-Their learning activities without being tested and children psychology
-Their skills and using their skills on their own since their born
-Talking about the importance and factors that are determinant elements in Montessori Education
-The discipline that is managed by their own wish to work
Coffee Break
-Their styles of expressing themselves and active personalities
-Discussion
4TH DAY
(09:00-15:00)
-Discussion of the activities that children aged between 0-6
-Their feelings of responsibility
Coffee Break
-How to gain a feeling of responsibility without boring them?
-How can they gain their own targets without the effects of others?
-Talking about the advantages of the children educated in Montessori schools comparing to normal schools
-The autonomic skills of these children
Coffee Break
-Doing relaxing activities together with children
-Discussion
5TH DAY
-Evaluation
-School visits
-Sightseeing
-Seeing historical places in city
-Distribution of the certificates
-Goodbye..
CERTIFICATIONS: At the end of the course; Participants will take ”Certificate of Participant”, ”Europass Mobility Certificate”, ”Staff Mobility Agreement‘‘ and BlueCore International Company Invoice certificates.
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