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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɔːr i / MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
A responsibility laid upon Mr. Montessori's shoulders was the delicate task of safeguarding the integrity of the Montessori movement, in the many countries where it is active, by recognizing under the aegis of the Association Montessori Internationale only such "Montessori" schools and training courses as faithfully interpret, both in spirit ...
The Association Montessori Internationale is the sole Montessori organisation founded by Montessori herself. It was founded in August 1929 by Maria and her son Mario in Helsingør, Denmark during a period in which they were enduring increasing hostility with the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain.
In 1901, Maria Montessori met the prominent education reformers Alice and Leopoldo Franchetti. [13] Maria Montessori was invited to hold her first course for teachers and to set up a "Casa dei Bambini" at Villa Montesca, the home of the Franchettis in Città di Castello. Montessori lived with the Franchettis for two years and refined her ...
Ernest Wood and Hilda Wood, who had worked with Maria Montessori in India, started the School of the Woods in 1962 as well, in Houston, Texas. The first Montessori school in the Southeast, Springmont, was founded in 1963 in Atlanta. Also in 1963, the Cambridge Montessori School was founded in the basement of St. Bartholomew Church in Cambridge ...
The training program eventually offered full-time residence training in two former embassy sites in Princes Gate in London, as well as a correspondence course. [citation needed] Phoebe Child and Margaret Homfray served as co-principals for the training college for many years and trained thousands of Montessori teachers from all over the world.
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Mario urged Rambusch to take coursework in Montessori education and to bring the Montessori method to the United States. Within a few years, Rambusch was conducting Montessori classes for her own children and others, in her New York City apartment. [3] In 1956, the Rambusch family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut.