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The Role of the Educator in a Montessori Classroom

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  • Izabela T.C. Barbieru

    (PhD. Candidate, The University of Bucharest, The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania, 0724 675 062.)

Abstract

The traditional school shows the educator as the subject in education, the keeper of information and all control. The child is considered to be the object in education, the one who passively receives information from outside. The following study introduces a new model of educator for pre-school. His role appears to be passive. Indeed, he has the knowledge, but this new conception is just to provide the child with the necessary materials for his development. The Montessori teacher shows the child how to use the materials then he withdraws, humbly, just to observe the feedback. Using the observation, this study proposes a new approach towards the child by avoiding the adult’s constraint. It places the child into a free environment filled with firm, precise limits. Training the adult into the child’s psychology and knowing his stages of development can lead to a better understanding and discovery of the child.

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  • Izabela T.C. Barbieru, 2016. "The Role of the Educator in a Montessori Classroom," Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 107-123, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev1rl:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:107-123
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/rrem/2016.0801.07
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    1. Hagleitner, Wolfgang & Sting, Stephan & Maran, Thomas, 2022. "Socio-economic status and living situation of care leavers in Austria," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    2. Keskiner, Hilal & Gür, Bekir S., 2023. "Questioning merit-based scholarships at nonprofit private universities: Lessons from Turkey," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).

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    Keywords

    educator; non-intervention; Montessori; pre-school; observation; independence.;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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