Teach Me How I Can Do It Myself

Duration: 10:00

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Stichting Nederlandse Onderwijs Film

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary account of the philosophy and practices of the Montessori method of elementary education. Presents scenes of children at a Montessori kindergarten and at a public elementary Montessori school in The Netherlands. Explains that the Montessori method is a total way of life that involves the child, the parents and the teachers.

Complete Record: Discusses the philosophy and practices of the Montessori Method as practiced at preschool and primary school levels in Holland. Emphasizes the importance of sequenced, manipulative, self-correcting materials and of shared responsibility for the environment which help to prepare students for the adult world. Demonstrates the ordered activities of a prepared environment which the children experience as they move from Infant School through Lower and Upper Primary School.

Metadata Source:UNT Digital Library