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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
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