Lately, I've been learning about different types of schools and classrooms that are anything but traditional. One particular classroom that stood out to me is a Montessori classroom. Montessori education was founded by Italian doctor Maria Montessori. Maria was a doctor who ended up working in pediatrics and starting educating poor children and developmentally disabled children. Maria put the focus on the students, and on having classroom environments that catered to the students and allowed them to be part of a comfortable learning environment.
Maria's philosophy on education is very different from Paulo Freire who says "the teacher is the Subject of the learning process, while the pupils are mere objects." Paulo says that students just sit there in class and are filled with whatever information the teacher deems necessary. I like Maria's approach much better because she focuses on the children. It is all about the children being able to learn as much as possible, even if it is in a more nontraditional way.
freire_the_banking_concept_of_education.pdf
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