“儿童”是谁?蒙台梭利如是说——蒙台梭利对儿童身份问题回答之初探

Who Are “Children”?——An Initial Analysis of Montessori's Answer to the Question of Children Identity

"儿童"是谁?这对每一个成人、教师和父母来说,都是一个必须面对和认真思考的问题。通过长期的"儿童之家"教育实践,现代西方幼儿教育大师、意大利幼儿教育家玛丽亚·蒙台梭利在她的幼儿教育著作中对这一问题给予了科学而简明的回答:儿童是创造者,儿童是观察者,儿童是工作者,儿童是探究者,儿童是受害者。应该说,她的回答清楚地凸现出时代性、新颖性和独创性。

Who are“children”?This is an issue that every adult,teacher and parent must confront and seriously consider.Through the long-term education practice of“Children’s House”,Maria Montessori,a master of infant education in the West and an Italian educator of infant education,gives scientific and concise answers to this question in her books on infant education:children are creators,children are observers,children are workers,children are explorers and children are victims.It should be said that her answers clearly highlight the times,the novelty and originality.