Marte Meo
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Marte Meo is a method of educational counselling.
It was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by the Dutch educational counsellor Maria Aarts. She realised severe difficulties in explaining scientific insight about a child's problems to parents and other educators, as these are often unable to understand pedagogic
jargon and to identify the relevance of the insights to everyday-life situations.
She developed a method where normal situations between child and educator were recorded by video
and discussed together thereafter. By this, strengths and weaknesses of both children and educators in their interaction should be recognised easier, which in return should help both in gaining the optimism and power to solve educational issues themselves. The most important instrument for doing this is to enhance communication.
After having practiced Marte Meo for many years, she founded the Marte Meo organisation in 1987, which aimed at teaching educational counsellors in applying the Marte Meo method.
Marte Meo has attracted significant attention not only in the Netherlands
, but also in Scandinavia
, France
, Ireland
, India
and Denmark
, where it is practiced. In these countries, it is often regarded as effective, cheap and pragmatic, which is opposite the viewpoint by the therapeutic community in the United States, where the method is regarded as too time consuming considering that there are other alternatives in such situations You can visit the Danish Marte Meo Center website if you want to learn more about the Marte Meo education in Denmark www.dmmc.dk.
It was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by the Dutch educational counsellor Maria Aarts. She realised severe difficulties in explaining scientific insight about a child's problems to parents and other educators, as these are often unable to understand pedagogic
Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
jargon and to identify the relevance of the insights to everyday-life situations.
She developed a method where normal situations between child and educator were recorded by video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
and discussed together thereafter. By this, strengths and weaknesses of both children and educators in their interaction should be recognised easier, which in return should help both in gaining the optimism and power to solve educational issues themselves. The most important instrument for doing this is to enhance communication.
After having practiced Marte Meo for many years, she founded the Marte Meo organisation in 1987, which aimed at teaching educational counsellors in applying the Marte Meo method.
Marte Meo has attracted significant attention not only in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, but also in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, where it is practiced. In these countries, it is often regarded as effective, cheap and pragmatic, which is opposite the viewpoint by the therapeutic community in the United States, where the method is regarded as too time consuming considering that there are other alternatives in such situations You can visit the Danish Marte Meo Center website if you want to learn more about the Marte Meo education in Denmark www.dmmc.dk.