The Elementary Training Course prepares adults for the task of helping children aged 6 to 12 to develop the fullness of their individual human potential. The course provides an opportunity to study, in depth, Montessori pedagogy, practices and child development as well as an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human beings, their endeavours and relationship with the universe.

The next course will commence in 2008 and will conclude in 2010.

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elementary@montessori-mint.org

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Course Components

	Montessori philosophy and practices of education with particular emphasis on the child aged 6 to 12 years
	Mathematics (arithmetic, geometry and algebra)
	Language, written and spoken, including functional aspects of grammar appropriate for children aged 6-12
	History and Prehistory
	Physical and Biological Sciences: understanding of the origins and development of the universe and of the human being's relationship to this development
	Presentations of physical and political geography designed to give an understanding of the interdependencies of the Earth and life upon it
	Supervised practice sessions with Montessori materials
	Observation in AMI classes
	Supervised practice teaching in AMI classes
	Construction of hand-made classroom materials
	Preparation of albums containing illustrated notes of the Montessori methodology. These albums constitute the student’s basic teaching manuals.
	Preparation of written papers
	Preparation of observation and practice teaching reports
	Written theory and written practical examinations
	Oral examination
	Reading Seminars on Montessori's books