I was re-reading The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori last night and I arrived at the chapter "The Task of the Educator." She talked about how the first step in the preparation of the educator is to have an inward transformation. The consequence of not transforming yourself is the tendency to become tyrannical.
Today we are seeing that tyranny in our education systems more than ever.
Here are some quotes from this chapter:
"Here what we wish to emphasize is the fact the educator must prepare himself inwardly. He must examine himself methodically in order to discover certain definite defects that may become obstacles in his relation with the child."
"The preparation our method demands of the educator is that he should examine himself, and purge himself of his sins of tyranny, he must tear down that ancient complex of pride and anger that unconsciously encrusts his heart; strip himself of pride and anger and become humble; this first of all; then clothe himself in charity. "
If you want to read more of her thoughts on this topic, I posted a short video with more quotes from this chapter:
I was re-reading The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori last night and I arrived at the chapter "The Task of the Educator." She talked about how the first step in the preparation of the educator is to have an inward transformation. The consequence of not transforming yourself is the tendency to become tyrannical.
Today we are seeing that tyranny in our education systems more than ever.
Here are some quotes from this chapter:
"Here what we wish to emphasize is the fact the educator must prepare himself inwardly. He must examine himself methodically in order to discover certain definite defects that may become obstacles in his relation with the child."
"The preparation our method demands of the educator is that he should examine himself, and purge himself of his sins of tyranny, he must tear down that ancient complex of pride and anger that unconsciously encrusts his heart; strip himself of pride and anger and become humble; this first of all; then clothe himself in charity. "
If you want to read more of her thoughts on this topic, I posted a short video with more quotes from this chapter:
https://rumble.com/v11frps-montessori-moments-the-task-of-the-educator.html?mref=urz4h&mc=73qyr
Join me for Montessori-inspired lesson plans and ideas to challenge young readers with phonetic books. I will show different ways you can use phonetic books to assess if your child is reading or simply memorizing these booklets. These lesson will help your young reader think critically with simple phonetic booklets.
I review Christmas Clue, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, Haunted Mansion Board Game, Unstable Unicorns, and Trash Pandas!
Because the Trinomial Cube is such an intricate material, I thought I would upload my PowerPoint presentation on this subject - just in case it helps anyone out there.
Here's are the slides I used for my video on introducing The Verb
