Observation, very general and wide-spread, has shown that small children are endowed with a special psychic nature. This shows us a new way of imparting education!
Interpretation
Children possess unique qualities that enhance their learning potential, suggesting new educational methods.
Maria Montessori highlights the special psychic nature of small children, indicating that their inherent qualities can guide educators in developing more effective teaching strategies. This perspective encourages a shift in how education is approached, focusing on the natural abilities and instincts of children to foster a deeper understanding and engagement with learning.
In practice
During a parent-teacher meeting, to explain the importance of Montessori methods.
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean just to amuse him and let him do what he likes. But it does mean that we have to adjust our minds to doing a work of collaboration with nature, to being obedient to one of her laws, the law which decrees that development comes from environmental experience.
When we want to infuse new ideas, _x000D_ to modify or better the habits and customs of a people, _x000D_ to breathe new vigor into its national traits, _x000D_ we must use the children as our vehicle; for little can be accomplished with adults.
Noble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased.
What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.
To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
It is fortunate, I think, that nature is not bounded by human reason and by laboratory work and experimentation, for by the laws of pure reason and by microscopic investigation, it might easily have been proved, long before this, that children could not be born.
Our teachers deserve better feedback.
As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite array of expressions of a language; the information so derived is accessed by other systems in language use.
I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.
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