Child's Growing Normalisation

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Name: Vijaya Durga Discuss How The Role Of The Teacher Changes In The Process Of The Child's Growing Normalisation Normalization is the single most important result of our work.(Absorbent Mind-pg:204 ,chapter 19) Normalization (the child’s true nature) is one of Dr Maria Montessori’s main discoveries. Normalization is a word taken from anthropology meaning “becoming a contributing member of the society”. The young children with short attention span learning to focus and concentrate their work for a given period of time is the process of normalization. “The transition from one stage to another always follows a piece of work done by the hands with real things, work accompanied by mental concentration” (Montessori, 2007a, pg.186) This is what Montessori termed ‘normalisation’. Montessori (2007a) said that the life of an individual from 0 to 18 years may be divided into three periods – 0-6 years, 6 – 12 years and 12-18 years old. The first period 0-6 years old is the most important part of life which is one of creativeness. It is important to note that from birth to three years adults cannot directly influence the mind of a child hence it must be nature that lays the foundations. A child in this first period mentioned above does not know right from wrong as he is unaware of adults and society’s principles. In the second period of 6-12 years the child begins to become conscious of right and wrong of his actions. Moral consciousness is being formed and this leads later to social sense. The third period from 12-18 years is that of patriotism. When social awareness is apparent. Although each period is different each lays the foundation for the one following and the success of each foundation positively influences the subsequent. “We serve the

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