Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and doctor. She was born on 31 August 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy.

Maria Montessori created the first Montessori school. It was a method of education which respected the naturl development of the child. Its main feature was to allow as much independence as possible to the individual child. Another feature was to allow mixed ages in the same classroom.^[1] This was different from the formal classroom teaching used even for young children at the time. Maria Montessori started this m ethod when she was in charge of a school for handicapped children. Maria Montessori also founded around 1907 in San Lorenzo, a slum area of Rome, the first Casa dei Bambini ("Children's House"). She died on May 6, 1952.

Maria Montessori Media

Montessori, c. 1880
Public domain photograph of Maria Montessori from 1913
Montessori with her son Mario (on the left) and the theosophist George Arundale with his wife Rukmini Devi (on the right) in India, c. 1939
Italian lira banknote, 1990 issue
Montessori on a 1970 stamp of India
Montessori in a portrait by Alexander Akopov

References

↑ Montessori, Mario 1966. The human tendencies and Montessori education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori Internationale. [1] Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Montessori, Mario 1966. The human tendencies and Montessori education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori Internationale. [1] Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

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