Maria Montessori and the new pre

Congress • Rome (Italy)
20–24 | 02 | 2015
Maria Montessori
and the new pre-School
Montessori heritage for the XXI century
Four days of papers,
round tables, presentation of
experiences, workshops.
@Pontificia Università Lateranense, Piazza San Giovanni in
Laterano 4, Roma
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The Congress aims to focus the
peculiarities of the new pre-School,
which, thanks also to Montessori
intuitions, was able to develop a culture
of Childhood, rich in new proposals and
development options.
The interaction between the Italian
experience and the experience of other
countries, which can be geographically
far away but share the same cultural
references, will offer a unique
opportunity of dialogue, reflection and
cultural growth.
The Congress articulates in two sessions:
the first offers speeches, analysis and
presentations of experiences, the second
workshops and activities in order to
explore different fields of work and
didactical issues of the world of today.
Sponsor
Partner
PROGRAM
Friday 20th February 2015
9 a.m. Enrollment to the Congress
9.30 Greetings
Ministry of education, City of Rome,
Presidency Siped (Italian Society of
Pedagogy), FMI Fondazione Montessori
Italia, Latin-Americal Institute for studies
on childhood
10 a.m. Papers
Chairman: Simonetta Ulivieri (University
of Firenze, Italy)
Speeches: Massimo Baldacci (University
of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Italy) The Montessori
root of the new pre-school
Franco Frabboni (University Alma
Mater Studiorum of Bologna, Italy) The
pedagogical and educational reference of
the new school
Miguel Zabalza (University of Santiago
de Compostela) Montessori heritage and
the challenges of the pre-school on the
present days
1 p.m. Lunch break
2.30 Round table
Montessori Effects on the XXI century
Pedagogy
Chairman: Gaetano Domenici (University
of Roma Tre, Italy)
Speeches: Furio Pesci (University of Roma
“La Sapienza”, Italy) Montessori Pedagogy
and its historical context
Maria Lucia Giovannini (University
Alma Mater of Bologna, Italy) Learning
evaluation criteria in Montessori method
Berta Martini (Università Carlo Bo, Urbino)
An example of training of Montessori preschool teachers
5 p.m. Presentation of experiences
Chairmen: Battista Quinto Borghi
(President of Fondazione Montessori Italia)
and Lois Ferradás Blanco (University of
Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
7 p.m. End of the daily program
Saturday 21st Februray 2015
9 a.m. Round table
Montessori future in pre-school
Chairman: Umberto Margiotta (University Ca’
Foscari of Venezia, Italy)
Speeches: Franca Pinto Minerva (University
of Bari, Italy) Maria Montessori the childhood
concept between Biology and Pedagogy
Carolina Gómez del Valle (México) Maria
Montessori in South Amrican pre-Schools
Talita de Almeida (Brasil) Maria Montessori in
South American pre-schools
Susanna Mantovani (University Bicocca
of Milano, Italy) Maria Montessori and the
services for childhood
11 a.m. Communication
Chairmen: Piero Lucisano (University of Rome
“La Sapienza”, Italy) and Maria Antonia Riera
(University of Las Islas Baleares, Spain)
1 p.m. Lunch break
2.30 Presentation of experiences
Chairmen: Andrea Lupi (Secretary-general
Fondazione Montessori Italia) and María
Ainoha Zabalza Cerdeiriña (University of Vigo,
Spain)
4.30 Final report: Miguel Zabalza
5 p.m. End of the daily program
Sunday 22nd February 2015
Free day, guided tour of Rome or participation
to benediction of the Pope in San Pietro
square.
Monday 23rd February 2015
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visit of different schools in Rome
2 – 6 p.m. Workshop
Tuesday 24th February 2015
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Workshop
2 – 6 p.m. Workshop
Speeches in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
simultaneous interpreting available.
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WORKSHOPS
Every participant has the possibility to
attend up to three of these four-hoursworkshops:
1) Language Education
Learning language with analytical
methods, learning on phonetic basis, from
the code to the meaning – from writing to
reading, Montessori materials to prepare
the hand for the writing, Montessori
materials to learn phonemes, tombolas,
“alphabetarios”, nomenclatures and
books, the first materials to analyse the
discourse.
2) Maths Education
How to create a Maths-friendly
environment, the materials to discover
the numbers, count, number and add,
work together and work in autonomy,
self-correction and invitation to the work,
teacher devolution and non-educational
learning.
3) Scientific and cosmic Education
The ecological thought of Maria
Montessori, Geography materials, Botany
materials, experiments with the plants,
the relationship between Child and
Nature, the connection between the
School and its surroundings.
4) Art Education
Expressiveness and techinques, the hand
and the eye, traditional Montessori materials
fot the activities of plasticity and drawing,
geometrical figures, Bruno Munari’s materials,
the space for Art Education in Montessori
classrooms.
5) Educational Documentation
Reasons for keeping records; documentation:
when and how, different forms of
documentation to communicate to all subjects:
pedagogues, teachers, families, children; from
observation to documentation: thinking about
a documentation which returns the value
of the collaborative and group learning and
keeps the balance between the social and the
personal dimention; linking digital and penand-paper documentation: every media plays
its part.
6) Educational Materials and space Design
Pedagogical principles of Montessori materials,
interest and intrinsic drive, step-by-step
difficulty; personal focus/concentration and
group work, learning space project, childoriented space.
The workshops will be activated with a
minimum number of participants.
PARTICIPATION FEES AND FORMULAS
• Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February
2015 (session of speeches, analysis and
presentations of experiences): 120 euros
(lunches included).
• Friday 20th, Saturday 21st, Monday
23rd, Tuesday 24th February 2015
(session of speeches, analysis and
presentations of experiences, and
session of workshops and activities): 200
euros (lunches of Friday and Saturday
included).
• 50% discount for students.
• City visit with Pope blessing on Sunday
22nd February 2015: 60 euros.
Fees valid up to 26/12/2014.
Later enrollment: two-days-session: 150 euros;
four-days-session: 240 euros.
For enrollment:
http://s1.serveronline.it/zeroseiup/convegno-roma/
For further information:
[email protected]
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