Eight Principles of Montessori Education

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Eight Principles of Montessori Education

• Angeline Lillard (2005)
• Montessori The Science behind the Genius.
• Oxford University Press

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

1. Movement Cognition
2. Choice
3. Interest
4. Extrinsic rewards are avoided
5. Learning from with peers
6. Learning in context
7. Teacher ways child ways
8. Order in environment mind

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Eight principles of Montessori Education
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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (1) that movement and cognition are closely
  entwined, and movement can enhance thinking and
  learning

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (2) that learning and well-being are improved
  when people have a sense of control over their
  lives

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (3) that people learn better when they are
  interested in what they are learning

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (4) that tying extrinsic rewards to an activity,
  like money for reading or high grades for tests,
  negatively impacts motivation to engage in that
  activity when the reward is withdrawn

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (5) that collaborative arrangements can be very
  conducive to learning

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (6) that learning situated in meaningful contexts
  is often deeper and richer than learning in
  abstract contexts

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (7) that particular forms of adult interaction
  are associated with more optimal child outcomes
  and

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Eight principles of Montessori Education

• (8) that order in the environment is beneficial
  to children.

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Eight Principles of Montessori Education

• Angeline Lillard (2005)
• Montessori The Science behind the Genius.
• Oxford University Press