Concentration

namta-logoResearch performed by NAMTA, being the North American Montessori Teacher Association in conjunction with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi the author of “FLOW” has indicated strongly that Montessori

graduates are much more likely to engage in periods of deep concentration. They compared 600 high school students who graduated from standard Primary Education and Montessori Education and found that this possibility to engage had several consequences:

  • Eager involvement
  • Greater ability to invest energy
  • Persistence when they face frustration
  • Interested to learn
When children at school and at home can determine how long to perform an activity and are not interrupted when they are concentrating, they establish long lasting patters.

Being able to be in Flow, meaning; deep, nurturing concentration, feeds the soul. It does not only have effect on the actual product of the activity, but stimulates the well functioning of the integrated body
and mind. At the end of the experience, the person feels encouraged, charged, happy, healthy and strong.

The interesting phenomenon is that individuals did not need anybody to say “Good” or shout “Well done”. The satisfaction and well being stemmed from within that person and within the process!

 

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