Compare And Contrast Powell And Montessori

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Another way that Powell and Montessori differ is by their views and ideas on structure and how it is implemented in schools. Powell’s view on structure is very complex and sometimes confusing, but he goes to say “But the real answer begins with bringing a child to the school with structure in that child’s heart and soul to begin with.” He means that parents should expose the child to an environment of structure even before they are put into an school environment. Children should be coming into school with an idea of what structure is it and what its like. It's better to start them off young rather than starting them far along then later realizing that their starting to struggle with what they are doing. He then goes on to say later on that “kids who didn't have that structure and mindset in the beginning start to realize they’re behind, and what do they do? …show more content…

They soon come to realize that their having a hard time and they only way they know when this is happening is to act out and hope they will get the attention and the help that they are craving. On the other hand, Montessori’s view on structure is the total opposite of Powell’s. Montessori goes to say that “Let us have endless patience with his slow progress, and show enthusiasm and gladness to his success,” meaning that we should just let kids take their time with the experience until they are finally able to understand it for themselves. She uses the words like patience to show that when dealing with children it takes patience. People can't just come up and rush the learning process. Children need to learn for themselves, even if it takes a long

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