Montessori Pedagogy as Still a Challenge for Contemporary Pedagogy Magister,

Abstract

In accordance with the constructivist concept of didactics, the teacher’s duty is to support students in acquiring tools for understanding the world and building resources of their own knowledge and skills. On the other hand, the task of education is to help each individual in developing his ability to become a holistic human being, not just a tool for economics. The charge directed most often towards the Polish school is failure to perform this task, which is manifested by the poor preparation of young people to live and work, to the development challenges, but also the threats of the modern world. It is worth looking for solutions that will create opportunities for children and young people to develop according to their abilities. One of such solutions has the pedagogy of Maria Montessori emphasizing the importance of the child’s activity in the process of learning. The article compared briefly the hebra-tism with the trend of “new upbringing” to which Maria Montessori’s pedagogy is included, and fur-ther considerations have been referred to the modern knowledge of how the brain is taught.