What is Montessori Education ?

Montessori Education

Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity; hands-on learning and collaborative play.In Montessori classrooms children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process.Children work in groups and individually to discover and explore knowledge of the world and to develop their maximum potential.

Reference: https://montessori-nw.org/what-is-montessori-education/

4 Benefits of Positive Student-Teacher Relationships

Positive and healthy relationships between teachers and students can be extremely beneficial at all levels of an educational establishment, within the classroom and across the school environment as a whole.From improved self-esteem to increased engagement, there are a number of benefits of establishing positive student-teacher relationships between educators and pupils of all ages. Educators and students can experience these benefits with the use of methods that include communicating positive expectations, demonstrating caring, and developing classroom pride. As positive student-teacher relationships continue to develop, the long-lasting effects benefit not only students and teachers but parents and administrators as well.

1. Promote Academic Success with Positive Student-Teacher Relationships

2. Avoid Behavior Problems through Healthy Student-Teacher Relationships

3. Help Develop Self-Worth and Improved Student Mental Health

4. Positive Student-Teacher Relationships Assist Educators with Professional Growth

Reference: https://www.pridesurveys.com/index.php/blog/4-beneficial-effects-of-student-teacher-relationships/ 

4 Tips Can Help Students Learn From Their Mistakes

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By:Karen T. Flories

I have found these four strategies helpful to encourage students to welcome and learn from errors in the classroom:

1. Ask students to review test results and identify questions they thought were easy and ones they found difficult. Then, have them analyze the incorrect answers and identify their next learning steps. This supports a mindset that errors are opportunities offering insight into setting goals to help one develop and grow as a learner.
2. Use past, anonymous examples of student work that include mistakes or incorrect responses and engage students in finding the errors and deciding what that learner would need to learn to move forward. Invite students to reflect on how doing this independently with their own work could help improve their growth and achievement.
3. Take the time to build positive relationships with students. The teacher-student relationship is the key to creating an environment that sees errors as opportunities to learn and fostering a nurturing and safe classroom environment to do so. If students don’t feel comfortable and safe as learners, they won’t welcome learning from errors.
4. Give students an active role in their learning. For too long, students have been passive learners, which kills their engagement, inquiry, curiosity and motivation. When teachers work with students to set clear intentions around learning and standards for success, they create an opening for students to take an active role in their learning. When students clearly see the final destination and the pathway to mastery, they can take an active role in learning, to great effect on their success.

When errors are expected, inspected, corrected and respected, student learning can accelerate. It takes skill and practice for teachers to build such an environment, but the impact on student learning is well worth the effort.

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Senior Project

Chemistry exists in almost every part in our lives due to its importance as one of the most essential sciences. Chemists are decreasing around the world. Locally, I did statistics and surveys at  a private school and Lebanese International University. And  it showed that the main problem demonstrates how teaching skills are contributing to this decrease. So my suggestion was to come up with innovative ideas in teaching chemistry using different skills like experiments, activities and games.

Some example of the innovated ideas:
1)Galvanic cell experiment in a paper

2) Atoms Lesson by designing an atom by arts
Statistic done for the class showed that about 80% of students get more benefit from the new skill

pH Lesson

In an acid-base lesson for grade 12 students, I did for them a small fun session.Students brought several kinds of food and juices and indicate their pH by using the pH paper scale.The session was achieved well,students learned and had fun at the same time.experimental and practical sessions are important in educating.

Educational Visits Enhance Learning

Visits can break the routine for both students and teachers. While their purpose is essentially to educate, they can also be a fun experience for everyone involved. One of the everlasting visits is to PandaPlast Company during  my last year as a chemistry student at LIU. The project consisted of visit to PandaPlast company and collecting the information about the practices being followed there to get a deep insight into plastic material production (like storage tanks, polypropylene pipes and equipment for public uses..) and to know about the important role that company plays in manufacturing plastics with good quality.

This visit had many benefits in which it:

•  Reinforced what the teacher had been teaching in class about a plastic synthesis and helped us as students to understand the topic better.

•  Provided valuable educational opportunities away from the classroom without using textbooks and other tools used in a normal classroom setting.

•  Helped to experience new educational environments and create joyful memories with the teacher.