몬테소리의 “정상화” 개념의 이해: “질서”를 중심으로

An Understanding of Montessori's "Normalization" Based on the Concept of "Order"

This paper is an attempt at schematization of Montessori's "normalization" which she herself callled "the most important single result of our whole work." But it is different from most previous analyses of normalization in that it goes deeper than the common understanding of normalization as "work"; instead, it tries to understand the concept as meaningful "ordering" of world. Montessori's other important concepts such as "work," "concentration," "repetition," and "deviation," are organically related to the concept of "order." Montessori's theory of education could be recognized as a general theory of education, not just a theory of early childhood education, normalization being an ideal of life for the young or the matured, as well as being a stepping stone of child development.