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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. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at ...
Children working with a moveable alphabet at a Montessori school [ 1 ] The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. [ 2 ]
The Discovery of the Child is an essay by Italian pedagogist Maria Montessori (1870-1952), published in Italy in 1950, about the origin and features of the Montessori method, a teaching method invented by her and known worldwide. The book is nothing more than a rewrite of one of her previous books, which was published for the first time in 1909 ...
Movement. Montessori education. Nancy McCormick Rambusch (April 29, 1927 – October 27, 1994) was an American educator who founded the American Montessori Society in 1960. [1] The founder of the Whitby School, Rambusch served as a leading proponent of Montessori education in the United States, writing and lecturing widely.
After 1907, Maria Montessori 's work spread quickly all around the world, soon reaching the US, where many public figures—including Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel, Thomas Edison, and Woodrow Wilson —appreciated her work. [1][2][3] The Edward Harden Mansion in Sleepy Hollow, NY, home to the first U.S. Montessori school in 1911.
Maria Montessori (French: La Nouvelle Femme, lit. 'The New Woman') is a 2023 French–Italian historical drama film written and directed by Léa Todorov. The film stars Jasmine Trinca as Maria Montessori and Leïla Bekhti as a fictionalised woman who seeks her help. [3][4] It is the director's second film. Maria Montessori premiered in October ...
They married in 1920 when she turned 16 and he was 26 years her senior at 42, much to the shock of the then conservative society. [8] After marriage, she traveled around the world, meeting fellow theosophists and also forging friendships with the educator Maria Montessori, and the poet James Cousins. [1]
Opera Nazionale Montessori ( ONM) is an Italian cultural institution and publishing house established on 8 August 1924. Based in Rome, Italy, it is an organisation for research, training, consultancy and dissemination of Montessorian scientific and methodological principles and ideals. In line with the original intentions of its founder, Maria ...