Title: Montessori and early childhood : a guide for students /
Authors: Feez, Susan
Publisher: SAGE,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Montessori method of education.; Early childhood education.; Early childhood teachers Training of.
Abstract: Provides a complete overview of Montessori pedagogy and practice. It considers the Montessori approach within the context of early childhood education and care and examines it in the light of new insights from the fields of neuroscience and child development. Susan Feez, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Contents: 1. The Montessori story -- 2. The child worker and the adult observer -- 3. An environment of movement and order -- 4. The exercises of practical life -- 5. The exercises of the senses -- 6. Montessori language -- 7. Montessori mathematics -- 8. Prepared paths to culture -- 9. Montessori in context.