Deviations (Montessori)

In Montessori education, Deviations refer to behaviors exhibited by children that result from obstacles to their normal development.^[1] These deviations may be perceived negatively (e.g., a destructive child) or positively (e.g., a passive, quiet child). According to Montessori theory, such deviations tend to disappear once a child starts to concentrate on a freely chosen task.

Contents

• 1Montessori Quotes
• 2Research and Critiques
• 3Comparisons to Other Methods
• 4See Also
• 5Glossary of Montessori Terms
• 6Please help to translate this page into your local language
• 7Glossary of Montessori Terms
• 8Please help to translate this page into your local language
• 9References

Montessori Quotes

• “To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.”^[2]
• “The deviations are like diseases, but the symptoms are the contrary of those of physical illness, because they are not shown in suffering and pain, but in the flight of the patient into a kind of defensive exaltation.”^[3]