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médecin français Jean Itard (1774-1838),

what does a “prepared adult” mean?

Maria Montessori, who advised parents not to do things for children that they can do for themselves. Put differently, do for the children as little as possible and as much as necessary. If my child can tie her laces without help, then unless I’m extremely pressed for time, I have to let her do it on her own. If my child can prepare a whole meal, or

C’est alors, tout naturellement, dans les œuvres des Français Itard et Séguin qu’elle trouva l’inspiration théorique et les ébauches concrètes de solutions pour sauver ces enfants de leur misère psychique et pédagogique, davantage que médicale. Il y a ainsi une filiation quasi directe « Locke-Rousseau-Itard-Séguin-Montessori

For me, being a mother was transformed from largely custodial, albeit loving, care into a stimulating, productive discovery of a new being in formation and how I might aid that process. I was engaged in an intellectual and scientific task of the most immense proportions and significance.

At the end of the nineteenth century, John Dewey, the American philosopher and educator, had pioneered the concept of the experimental, or laboratory, school. For most of his career, Dewey had no special interest in China, but in the spring of 1919 he was invited to deliver a series of lectures in Japan. When Dewey was in Tokyo, a delegation of Chi

Sabemos que, quando se trata de ensinar, só o cuidado e a paciência no mais alto grau funcionam: jamais devemos elevar a voz, fazendo uso de um tato extraordinário, deixando bastante tempo para que cada lição se assente bem e não podemos nos esquecer de fazer pelo menos dez elogios para cada observação negativa inserida com muito cuidado. Acima de

While a child’s behavior is subject to modification that brings the child more closely in line with its essential being, their core must be unconditionally celebrated.