Maria Montessori built an integrated approach to arithmetic and geometry in childhood, in the two stages of infant school (presented in The method of scientific pedagogy applied to infant education (1909)) and of primary school (presented in the twin books Psycho Geometry and Psycho Arithmetic (1934)). The crucial role of the concept of ratio is discussed, as embedded in the educational materials designed by her, especially in the bi-coloured rods inspired by her reading of Édouard Séguin. The rods were a materialization of the conceptual network connecting measure, rational numbers, and arithmetical/geometrical ratio and proportion.
Fascitiello, I., Millan Gasca, A. (In corso di stampa). The secret of Séguin’s rods: ratio as a capstone in Maria Montessori’s integration of arithmetic and geometry in childhood. ANALECTA.
The secret of Séguin’s rods: ratio as a capstone in Maria Montessori’s integration of arithmetic and geometry in childhood
Fascitiello, I.;Millan Gasca, A.
In corso di stampa
Abstract
Maria Montessori built an integrated approach to arithmetic and geometry in childhood, in the two stages of infant school (presented in The method of scientific pedagogy applied to infant education (1909)) and of primary school (presented in the twin books Psycho Geometry and Psycho Arithmetic (1934)). The crucial role of the concept of ratio is discussed, as embedded in the educational materials designed by her, especially in the bi-coloured rods inspired by her reading of Édouard Séguin. The rods were a materialization of the conceptual network connecting measure, rational numbers, and arithmetical/geometrical ratio and proportion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
