Maria Montessori e l'embodied education. L’attualità di una proposta nell’educazione zero-sei
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/12195Parole chiave:
Montessori, embodiment, infanzia, educazione, corpo/movimentoAbstract
La proposta montessoriana per l'educazione dell'infanzia appare altamente moderna e rilevante in relazione allo sviluppo sia delle capacità motorie sia delle funzioni cognitive (Shivji, 2016;), fortemente supportata dalle teorie incarnate delle neuroscienze (Roessingh, H. & Bence, M. 2018), e dal crescente problema di benessere legato all'infanzia (Pate et al, 2014; Ross, 2012). Questa recensione analizza la visione educativa moderna di Maria Montessori, alla luce dei bisogni emergenti dei bambini di oggi. Il contributo esamina la letteratura esistente incentrata su corpo e movimento, ma connessa agli aspetti cognitivi, emotivi e di benessere, che sono fondamentali nell'educazione prescolare, sia per gli educatori / insegnanti (Atli, 2016; Akkerman, 2014; Lillard, 2011), sia per le politiche di riforma scolastica (Lillard, 2019).
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