MARIA MONTESSORI: MARIA MONTESSORI: • Graduated as the first female medical doctor in Italy. • Studied anthropology and psychology extensively. • Derived the basic principles of the Montessori Method through careful, scientific observation of children. • Began the first Montessori school called La Casa dei Bambini in Rome in 1907. • Intuited what modern educational/scientific research has proven. Many of her most important educational principles have been endorsed by contemporary educational researchers/theoreticians. • There are approximately 4,500 Montessori schools in the United States and about 20,000 worldwide. (NAMTA, 2014)
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MARIA MONTESSORI:MARIA MONTESSORI:• Graduated as the first female medical doctor in Italy.
• Studied anthropology and psychology extensively.
• Derived the basic principles of the Montessori Method through
careful, scientific observation of children.
• Began the first Montessori school called La Casa dei Bambini in
Rome in 1907.
• Intuited what modern educational/scientific research has proven.
Many of her most important educational principles have been
endorsed by contemporary educational researchers/theoreticians.
• There are approximately 4,500 Montessori schools in the United
States and about 20,000 worldwide. (NAMTA, 2014)
The Montessori educational method
combines Montessori’s wisdom about children and their learning, with a 21st
century view of what children need to enjoy
learning and live joyfully.
Montessori classrooms emphasize the importance of:
Order
Concentration
Coordination
Independence
"[The child learns] with his hands, by experience—
first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of the child’s intelligence."