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1. Comparison of Montessori and Traditional
Education
Traditional Approach Montessori Approach
emphasis on rote knowledge and social emphasis on cognitive structures and social
development development
teacher's role is dominant and active; teacher's role is unobtrusive; child actively
child is a passive participant participates in learning
teacher is primary enforcer of external environment and method encourage
discipline internal self-discipline
individual and group instruction individual and group instruction adapts to
conforms to the adult's teaching style each student's learning style
same age grouping mixed age grouping
most teaching done by teacher and children encouraged to teach, collaborate,
collaboration is discouraged and help each other
curriculum structured with little regard child chooses own work from interests and
for child's interests abilities

2. child is guided to concepts by teacher child formulates concepts from self-
teaching materials
child usually given specific time for child works as long as s/he wants on
work chosen project
instruction pace set by group norm or child sets own learning pace to internalize
teacher information
errors corrected by teacher child spots own errors through feedback
from material
learning is reinforced externally by learning is reinforced internally through
rewards and discouragements child's own repetition of activity, internal
feelings of success
few materials for sensory, concrete multi-sensory materials for physical
manipulation exploration development
little emphasis on instruction on organized program for learning care of self
classroom maintenance and self-care environment
child assigned seat; encouraged to sit child can work where s/he is comfortable,
still and listen during group sessions moves and talks at will (yet doesn't disturb
others); group work is voluntary and
negotiable
voluntary parent involvement, often only organized program for parents to
as fundraisers, not participants in understand the Montessori philosophy and
understanding the learning process participate in the learning process
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