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What is Montessori's educational philosophy?
Montessori's educational philosophy can be summarized as: 1. Make people become people. Montessori education is to make people become people. The first person is a newly born biological person; The second person is a human being, and being a man is educated, educated and individual. This is the meaning of Montessori education, that is, the formation of personality can make a real person. 2. Spontaneous smart people have a desire to learn, which is driven by innate intelligence, that is, children have an impulse to pursue knowledge and development. That is the motive force that happens internally, which is manifested through personality choice and action. If children are keen on doing something, most of them will unconsciously carry out the work of "analyzing, comparing, combining and collecting". This inner impulse, if it is not started by education, will delay and stifle the huge energy that exists in the child itself. 3. People's Creativity Human beings are born in an immature state, and later they should strive to create their own jobs. Therefore, human beings are not only creative, but also constantly exert their creativity. In fact, this can be said to be a kind of nature of human beings. For human beings, creation is innate. Montessori believes that the constant harmony of hand activities and language can eventually cultivate children's own personality, and personality can exert various creative abilities in the process of growth. 4. Help children develop themselves. Adult education for children is to help children develop themselves, not to help them. In traditional education, adults are constantly teaching children how to do it, and children obey. Then, Montessori education is to let children develop their life potential through their own practical activities and develop all aspects of themselves, including the cultivation of personality. This is the true meaning of education. 5. A prepared environment Montessori believes that the environment is alive and it is prepared by adults' clear understanding of children's mission. This environment contains all the positive meanings that children need to grow up, and at the same time, it is necessary to exclude all things that are not conducive to children's growth. 6. Give children freedom. Give them freedom, encourage them to express themselves spontaneously and then observe them. The so-called freedom for children here does not mean indulgence. To put it simply, the meaning of freedom is activity, allowing children to freely choose objects and pay attention to the degree of work. Adults should observe those activities and identify which behaviors of children should be prohibited, such as willfulness, irrationality, violence, disturbing order and obstructing group activities, which should be strictly prohibited and gradually eradicated.