Online Master in Preschool Montessori Pedagogy
Preschool 0 - 6 years

• Master the theoretical basis of Montessori Education and its objectives.
• Deeply understand the characteristics and functioning of the prepared environment, suitable for learning.
• Master the implementation strategies of the Montessori Method: know how to design a Montessori classroom or any alternative prepared environment.
• Obtain an overview and interdisciplinary of all curricular areas (Practical, Sensory Life, Language, Mathematics, Music, Art and Cultural: Geography and Biology).
• Master the curriculum of each of the working areas and the logical sequencing of all activities.
• Fluently handle Montessori materials, deeply understanding their objectives and mastering presentation techniques.
• Know how to establish a classroom environment that encourages learning and helps students develop their executive functions.
• Develop the role of the Montessori teacher that puts students in relation to the prepared environment and helps them to increase all their potential.
• Understand how observation is at the base of Montessori Education.
• Assume the importance of emotional education and master the necessary techniques to promote it.
• Know the learning potential of the brain and the neuroscientific bases that validate Montessori Education.

• Historical context: History and life of Maria Montessori: the fascinating history of Dr Montessori and her educational method, which spread fast and staunchly throughout the world.
• Montessori Philosophy: A broad theoretical foundation rooted in the scientific observation of human nature.
• Teaching Approach: Didactic models, processes and experiences in educational innovation, observation methodology, design of Prepared Environments, classroom management, emotional education in school.
• The Role of the Adult: The adult in relation to the child, the importance of Observation and caring for relationships.
• Prepared Environment: The Montessori classroom prepared environment as a basic element, its adequacy and management.
• Scientific Validations of Montessori pedagogy, from psychology to Neuroscience
• Observation techniques: Montessori Education has been developed from the scientific observation of children’s nature. The importance of training this skill which classroom management is based on in a Montessori prepared environment.
• Practical Life: Dr Montessori proposed Practical Life activities as a bridge between the house and the school environment. These activities allow a holistic development of mind, body and emotions. Motor coordination, development of autonomy, adaptation to the environment and concentration capabilities that lay the foundations for all subsequent learning. Future teachers learn to prepare and present them in exquisite detail.
• Sensory Material: Dr Montessori considers Sensory Materials as authentic “keys of the Universe” since they train the power sources of our mind at this age: the senses. The scientific design of the Sensory Materials makes them real development aids. Students explore them in detail so they can extract the full potential from them.
• Language: The backbone of community life and learning. Oral language plays an essential role in Montessori environments from the beginning and, little by little, literacy is introduced naturally and spontaneously. In Montessori Education, language is interrelated with all other areas of learning.
• Mathematics: Dr Montessori collects the concept of the “mathematical mind” of Blaise Pascal and transforms it into a didactic reality. Concrete materials that accompany the natural process of the mind towards mathematical abstraction. All the activities and presentations that necessary to offer a solid mathematical base to children.
• Cultural areas: Arouse children’s admiration for the natural and cultural world around them. Meaningful experiences as the basis of scientific discovery. Develop deep respect for the whole of humanity and nature, history, geography, biology, art and music as an interrelated whole.

ONLINE THEORETICAL TRAINING

This master’s degree offers a solid theoretical basis to implement a pedagogy focused on the development of children. The complete Montessori theory enriched with contents of Educational Didactics and Neuroscience. Each module is offered by trainers / is specialized in the various areas of study.

In IMI we are known for being a training centre based on the quality and rigour of all our formations, considering the reputation and international prestige that all the degrees granted by our institution have, making up the value of the certification that is attained.

From the centre, we offer our students a wide range of services, which aim to provide the necessary tools and content, to achieve the desired success.
We are aware of the effort and time you are going to devote to this Master’s degree and the strategic importance of obtaining this for your professional development, which we certainly hope you can get at the end of the programme.

In order to do this, after years of work and effort, in collaboration with the European Design Institute we have created S-IMI-L. This material is based on the original Montessori materials and converts them into a material with the same characteristics, proportions and measures as the original. Manufactured among other rigid cardboard, polystyrene and other materials, in order to be easily manipulated and to send them to our students, so they can work with them at home.

At International Montessori Institute (IMI) we have a clear objective: to offer a classic and rigorous Montessori training based on the original sources of Dr Maria Montessori and adapting to current educational needs.

Our faculty is made up of a team of more than fifty professionals who have been carefully selected for their great training and extensive international experience, with the aim of transmitting to our students all the wealth of the Montessori Method in different social fields. Teachers and trainers distributed in three continents, expert educators, with an extraordinary aptitude for teaching. As well as our advice and consulting team, which work to make IMI a Montessori pedagogy training centre of worldwide reference.

Once the course is finished, students who successfully complete the training will obtain:

• Master’s degree in Montessori Pedagogy Preschool speciality, issued by the International Montessori Institute and the University of Barcelona.
• Montessori Guide 0-3 years certificate (Children’s Community).
• Montessori Guide 3-6 years certificate (House of Children).

Degree with international recognition and validity.

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*  The cost of sending the material and sending the certificate, national or international, is assumed by IMI, the students will receive the necessary material for the development of the training about fifteen days before the training course starts.