I study course Global Education & Leadership EDU 3003 With Dr. Cheantel Adams

About her life:

-She was a woman who faced difficulties and was the first in education. She entered medical major as one of the first women in Italy and the first woman to study at the University of Rome, but she faced racism and a great challenge while studying because previously at that time learning medicine was restricted to males, but she succeeded in the field of medicine and this is what distinguishes her. She loves challenges very much and loves learning, and despite all the challenges, she was able to succeed in the field of studying medicine.

After studying medicine, she began caring for children with special needs and created a new curriculum and methods for teaching them and giving them the right to learn. She was one of the first women to create a new curriculum based on learning through play that allows students to develop their emotional, thinking, and social aspects, and then because of their astonishment, they achieved progress in their opportunity. Developing students in Rome. She was able to convince them that students needed an educational curriculum that suited them more than medical care. She then established a school specialized in caring for these students with new educational means and tools. Indeed, the students were able to learn. She opened in 1907 a center that took care of the students and their education, and after that she was able to continue. Its curriculum and method of teaching with students with special needs and ordinary students. In the beginning, its curriculum was directed to students with special needs, but nevertheless, it became valid and can be worked with all students.

various reasons:

1- Courageous in making decisions, she faced challenges from society regarding her studies, but she succeeded in being the first Italian woman to get the opportunity to complete her studies at the University of Rome.

2- Its global reputation and influence has lasted for 100 years now. Many schools and educational institutions continue to use its effective approach in educating students. She has achieved fame in her field of teaching students in various ways and means.

3- A commitment to achieving beneficial education for students with special needs in enabling them to learn

4-She created a new curriculum based on enhancing students' educational, social and thinking skills, including students with special needs and mainstream students

5- Positive thinking gives students the right to learn in their own environment and gives them the space to explore and learn to gain experiences that qualify them for educational and social life.

Maria Montessori

From my point of view, I agree with this statement because the student must begin to rely on himself and develop his skills, and it is a natural process that develops when the student is given a space and a healthy environment through which the student can learn from his mistakes It also stimulates the student to have social contact between him and the students. This encourages cooperation and solidarity to create positivity in the classroom and encourages innovation and creativity in the student.

All this in order to understand the needs of students and provide them with the opportunity to transfer multiple skills, including teaching, communication, and thinking. As a teacher, I have a great sense of responsibility towards communicating information and educational goals to students, as well as encouraging them in their lives and giving them the opportunity to acquire important student skills.

Time Management I can manage time and allocate time for myself and to plan for the future and daily life. I am also able to focus on the required tasks and accomplish them because of setting time for them.

1-Environment: The environment is very important for students because it provides them with a large space to learn and benefit from tools to support them while carrying out activities.

2-Social Communication: Maria Montessori and I focus on enhancing social communication among students because this develops control over their projects, working together to solve problems, and positive thinking.

3-Positive thinking: Giving students the space to undergo different experiences in classroom activities. This enables them to learn from mistakes and increases their spirit of challenge, perseverance, and positive thinking about trying and not giving up.

4- Cooperation: Maria Montessori focused on giving students freedom in the summer environment in choosing activities or moving between the corners of the classroom, in addition to cooperation and enhancing social communication. I also prefer the classroom to be a cooperative classroom with the teacher and the student and among the students. This increases confidence. Students relate to the teacher and increase their self-confidence.

• Differences:-

1-Activities: I do not support that the classroom depend too much on activities and the different corners of the classroom like Montessori curriculum are very important, but I believe that exams and assignments are also important to enable the student to know their academic level, and it is useful for the teacher to know the levels of students in the classroom.

2-Explanation of the lesson: I believe that students need information explained by the teacher, especially in language lessons, to develop their language skills and improve their academic levels, not just relying on activities.

3-Different ages: Maria believes that teaching students with different levels and ages is normal because education is the same and involves multiple activities, but I do not agree with her because I believe that every stage of education differs in the students’ understanding and way of understanding the educational materials.

4-Self-directed: Maria Montessori she focuses on students Learning by themselves and guided them through their own way of choosing to learning but, I don’t agree with Maria because teachers should guide students to having clear rules and planning for lessons and students will get the best education in classroom.

First, determine the purpose of performing a particular task and plan it. Secondly, strategic planning that enables the team to move forward towards the goal, and adjust relationships within the work so that everyone can respect private spaces and facilitate the completion of work. As a teacher I see that the functional theory of leadership is very important for teachers because it gives them basic skills on the job. Practical behavior control as a teacher is the view that if I plan the lesson and use different strategies to explain the content of the lesson to students, this will enable me to achieve the learning outcomes and I will be able to enhance social communication between myself and myself. Students and cooperation between us.

The functional theory of leadership also stipulates understanding “what,” “why,” “where,” “when,” and “who,” which influences leaders in knowing how to collaborate and learning strategies to foster better relationships and collaboration between teams under leadership. Your leadership.

As a teacher, it benefits me and affects my leadership skills for the job because it enables me to acquire the necessary and basic skills for teaching students, relationships with teachers, and school administration.

Carter, D. R., Cullen-Lester, K. L., Jones, J. M., Gerbasi, A., Chrobot-Mason, D., & Nae, E. Y. (2020). Functional leadership in interteam contexts: Understanding ‘what’ in the context of why? where? when? and who? the Leadership Quarterly/the Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), 101378.

2-Moral Leadership Theories

Bert Spector's piece article explained that the leader must have high morals, understand the cultural diversity revolving around him, be a planner, have the potential for many difficulties, and think ethically in solving these difficulties and challenges. Also, the leader often faces competition, which makes it difficult to adhere to ethical principles. However, although the leader must He tries to look at the problem wisely and not take hasty actions, but moral leadership is very important and attention to it comes through thinking, defining principles, self-control, and not rushing, so that the person can acquire these skills. Bert Spector's piece confirms in his article that it will be difficult, but it will provide great lessons.

I believe that, as a teacher, the teacher must have good morals because he is a role model for the students, and the student is also greatly influenced by the people around him. For example, with Maria Mozzuri’s curriculum, she supports social and positive communication between students and emphasizes the importance of communication between them, but from my point of view, I see that this does not happen when there are morals. The teacher and the students are good.

To enable the teacher to change the student’s behavior, the teacher’s behavior must be good, he must deal well with the students, and he must know how to direct them. For example, when I started training students, I encountered students who liked to sleep and did not like to do the tasks required of them, so I spoke to them and encouraged them with kind words. I did not yell at the students. I made them enjoy the semester with me by talking and discussing and finding out where the problem is and trying to solve it. This is something that many teachers face, so ethics are very important for leadership.

Spector, B. (2017). Moral leadership? Be careful what you wish for. Leadership, 15(1), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715017736659

2- Montessori Quotes Maria Montessori - Famous Maria Montessori sayings. (2022, January 20). Happy Hands^TM Montessori Nursery. https://www.happyhandsmontessorinursery.co.uk/montessori-quotes/

3-Who Was Maria Montessori? (n.d.). https://amshq.org/About-Montessori/History-of-Montessori/Who-Was-Maria-Montessori

4-Spector, B. (2017). Moral leadership? Be careful what you wish for. Leadership, 15(1), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715017736659

5-Marshall, C. (2017). Montessori education: a review of the evidence base. Npj Science of Learning, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0012-7

6-Biography of Maria Montessori. (n.d.). Association Montessori Internationale. https://montessori-ami.org/resource-library/facts/biography-maria-montessori

7-Carter, D. R., Cullen-Lester, K. L., Jones, J. M., Gerbasi, A., Chrobot-Mason, D., & Nae, E. Y. (2020). Functional leadership in interteam contexts: Understanding ‘what’ in the context of why? where? when? and who? the Leadership Quarterly/the Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), 101378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101378

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2- Insistence: As a leader, I must be persistent in my decisions if they are very correct and affect my decision so that I can have the opportunity to change educational goals or develop correct plans and discuss them with managers to do them, as Maria Montessori did, as she insisted on completing her education and also insisted on being the first woman. An Italian woman studies medicine and is one of the first women to teach students. What I learned is that positive energy and determination are very important for a leader to be able to persevere and continue.

-Students refused to deal with a comprehensive strategy curriculum because they were not accustomed to it.

-Dealing with different and diverse cultures among a group of students and teachers.

-Parents do not accept comprehensive curricula with multiple activities in educating their children

Opportunities:

- Ensuring the availability of sufficient materials, experiences, and diverse strategies to deliver successful workshops for teachers

- Find the necessary time to prepare plans aimed at developing lessons and presenting them with high quality.