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Montessori Education

Emphasis on cognitive and social development.

Teacher has unobstrusive role in the class.

Environment and method encourage self discipline.

Mixed age grouping encourages children to teach and help each other.

Children choose own work and discover concepts from self-teaching material.

Child works as long as he feels the need on a chosen project.

Child spots own errors from feedback of material which reinforces learning by feeling.

Multi- sensory materials for physical development

Organized program for learning care of ones self and environment.

Child can work where he chooses, move around and talk at will.

 Traditional Education

Emphasis on social development.

Teacher is center of class as controller.

Teacher acts as primary enforcer of discipline.

Same age grouping and most teaching done by teacher.

Curriculum structured for child and child is guided to concepts by teacher.

Generally child is alloted specific time to work on a chosen project.

Error is usually pointed by teacher. Reinforcement of learning is by repitition of work and rewards of success.

Fewer materials for sensory exploration.

Less emphasis on self- care instructions.

Child usually assigned a chair.