​國際蒙特梭利教育中心

The adult learners of International Montessori Master’s Degree Program at National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences are unique in their own way. The courses are condensed and fast. They started the classes from early morning and practiced Montessori materials till night. They became very close to each other and me.
They always complain of too much work and too little time to get through everything. When I asked them would you like me to help you? They would say "it's my learning, I will finish the work myself”. During intensive classes students need to practice and comprehend all the materials in a short period of time. Just like Montessori said in her own words” ...if a teacher has enough patience to repeat an exercise as often as a child, she can measure in herself the energy and endurance possessed by a child of a determined age. For this final purpose, the teacher can grade the materials and thus judge the capacity of a child for a certain kind of activity at a given stage of his development.” The Discovery of the Child, she also said in The Absorbent Mind “The real preparation for education is the study of one’s self. The training of the teacher who is to help life is something far more than the learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit.”  Reading Montessori’s books and practicing Montessori materials is the start of Montessori Way. It takes a lifetime to know Montessori Method. I was touched by these adult learners, who make me humbler when I face adult learner and children.
就讀國立臺北護理健康大學國際蒙特梭利碩士專班的學生各具獨特性。集中式全天性授課及持續的教具操作練習，讓師生之間的關係很親密。學生常抱怨”功課多到時間不夠用”。但是當我說”需要幫忙嗎?” 他們又回答”這是我的學習，應該由我自己完成。” 密集上課的過程中學生必須操作練習及教具操作的意義，誠如蒙特梭利所言”如果老師像孩子一樣重複練習教具，他就會了解實際年齡孩子所具備的學習能量與耐力。其最終的目的，就是教師可以依程度難易分類教具，並依據孩子的發展成熟階段示範適合的教具”。(發現兒童) ，蒙特梭利在(吸收性心智)這本書中也提到”幫助生命成長的師資培育不僅只是習得一些概念。還包括了個性的培養；是精神上的預備”，教具操作與理論培育老師的工具，最終是培育教師在精神上的成長。閱讀蒙特梭利相關文獻與操作蒙特梭利教具只是蒙特特梭利之道的起點。我被這群學生所感動，讓我更謙卑的面對成人學習者與孩子們。

                                                                             張孝筠 教授

                               國立台北護理健康大學 退休副教授