Montessori vs Traditional Education
Compare Montessori Education vs Traditional Education
Montessori Education
- Focuses on helping natural development of the child
- Child actively participates in learning
- Encourages self-directed learning through hands-on experiences
- Learning happens through sensory experiences and movement
- Flexible environment where children can move, talk, and collaborate
- Teacher collaborates with the children
- Motivation comes from internal satisfaction and personal growth
- Mixed-age classes with an emphasis on social, emotional, and intellectual development
Traditional Education
- Focuses on transferring a set national curriculum
- Child passively receives knowledge
- Emphasis on rote learning and fixed schedules
- Learning relies on textbooks, whiteboards, and worksheets
- Structured environment where children sit at desks and follow rules
- Teacher leads the class and enforces discipline
- Motivation is often tied to rewards and punishments
- Same-age classes with a primary focus on intellectual development