Some Highlights in The Life of Dr Maria Montessori  

Monday, April 28, 2008

1896 Became the first woman to receive her doctorate in medicine, University of Rome.
1898 Director of the Orthophrenic Institue, Rome.
1904 Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Rome.
1907 Opening og the first Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo.
1909 Publication of "The Montessori Method".
1911 Opening at the first Montessori school in the United States. Articles in "McClure's Magazine", United States.
1913 Model Montessori classroom set up in London.
Montessori's first trip to the United States. First Montessori school established in Spain.
1914 Publication of "Dr Montessori's Own Handbook". Second International Montessori Congress, Rome. Opening of first Casa dei Bambini, Holland.
1915 Third International Training Course, San Francisco. Second trip to the United States. Model Classroom at San Francisco Exposition.
1916 Publication ot "The Advance Montessori Method".
1917 Lecture to Pedagogical Society of Amsterdam.
1919 First International Training Course, London.
1920 Lectures at the University of Amsterdam.
1922 Lecture in Berlin.
1024 International Training Course, Amsterdam.
1926 Speaker at League of Nations, Geneve. Lectures in Berlin, Formation of Montessori Society, India. Private audience with Musollini. Made honorary member of the Fascist Women's Organization.
1927 Montessori Society of Argentine. Establishment of Training School, Rome. Travels to England.
1928 First International Congress, Denmark. Founding of Associations Montessori International (A.M.I).
1929 Formation of A.M.I. branch, England.
1932 Second International Montessori Congress, Nice. Publication of “Peace in Education”.
1933 International course, Barcelona.
1934 Montessori Congress, Ireland. Formation of Montessori Society, Ireland.
1935 The Montessori method was forbidden in German.
1936 Publication of “The Child in the Family” and “The Secret of Childhood”. Amsterdam became A.M.I. Headquarters. Montessori established her home in Laren, Holand. Fifth Montessori Congress, Oxford.
1937 Left Spain. Sixth International Montessori Congress, Copenhagen.
1938 Seventh International Montessori Congress, Edinburgh.
1939 Speech to World Fellowship of Faith. Montessori went to India to establish a training centre in India.
1945 First All-India Montessori Congress, Jaipur.
1946 Returns to Holland from India. Courses in London and Scotland. Publication of “Education for a New World”.
1947 Reestablishment of Opera Montessori, Italy. Celebration of 40th anniversary of Casa dei Bambini. Establishment of Montessori Centre, London. Return to India.
1948 Publication of “Discovery of Child”, “To Educate the Human Potential”, and “What You Should Know About Your Child”.
1949 Receives Cross of the Legion of Honour, France. Eighth International Congress, San Remo. In Pakistan to find a Montessori Association. Publication of “The Absorbent Mind”.
1950 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Delegate to UNESCO Conference, Florence Publication of "The Formation of Man".
1951 Ninth International Montessori Congress, London.
1952 Maria Montessori dies, May 6th, 1952 of a Cerebral hemorrhage.

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The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writtings, the Method, and the Movement by Elizabeth G. Hainstock [...]

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Who Is Dr Maria Montessori?  

Friday, April 25, 2008

Dr Maria Montessori was the founder of the Montessori method of Education. She was born in the Italian town of Chiaravalle in 1870, where she spent her early childhood years. She moved to Rome at age three and grew up in an environment dominated by academic achievement. She studied mathematics and engineering at a technical school and went to the University of Rome where she became the first woman doctor in her country's history.

Montessori launched her medical career at the State Orthophrenic School in Rome where she worked with rejected children. Her success in helping them learn as well as their regular-school peers convinced her to leave her medical profession and focus on education. To learn the functions of human thought, she returned to her university to study philosophy and anthropology and later headed the department of Pedagogic Anthropology. She was one of the most influential pioneers in early childhood education. She devised a method of education, which combines a philosophy with practical approach based on the central idea of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment.

The great pioneering achievement of Dr Maria Montessori was to recognise the crucial importance of a child in their first six years of development. It is during this time that a child powers of absorption are highest and lifelong attitudes and patters of learning are firmly formed. It is for the sensitive period that the Montessori system of education was most uniquely and effectively designed.

Her success was so great that she travelled the world establishing schools and lecturing about her discoveries. Dr. Montessori's books have been translated into twenty-two languages and are readily available. Her method has become a part of every teacher-training course.

Dr. Maria Montessori left the world a wonderful legacy: a philosophy of life, a unique method of education, which gives children the best possible foundation for life.

Montessori died in Holland in 1952, just before her 82nd birthday. Her work lives on today in education systems around the world. Besides new books, lectures, and teacher-training programmes, societies and schools are still springing up under her name in the United States, in Europe, and in Asia.
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Montessori  

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Montessori is one approach for education which represents the work of Dr. Maria Montessori that now identify the term with he work in education. It is a revolutionary education system based on external natural laws:


"A new education from birth onward must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the laws of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society."


The Formation of Man (p.97)


The name Montessori is not legally protected, and can be used by anyone, for any purpose; it is vital that anyone searching for a good Montessori school or teacher-training center be aware of this. Most of the Montessori sites on the Internet today exists to advertise one particular Montessori organization, school, or training center. The International Montessori Index was created to provide detailed comparative information in order to help in the search for a school or training center. Details are given to aid parents in looking for a school that follows Dr. Montessori's teachings, and all Montessori training centers and organizations who are official members of The International Montessori Index share their specifics details for comparison with others. Those listed on this site have welcomed the opportunity to make themselves available in this way.

Montessori is not a system for training children in academic studies; nor is it a label to be put on educational materials. It is a revolutionary method of observing and supporting the natural development of children. Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity, problem solving, critical thinking and time-management skills, to contribute to society and the environment, and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. The basis of Montessori practice in the classroom is respected individual choice of research and work, and uninterrupted concentration rather than group lessons led by an adult. Group lessons are seldom found in a Montessori classroom, but learning abounds. As you read through these pages you will discover the unique practices that make Montessori the fastest growing and most successful method of education today.
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Welcome  

Friday, April 11, 2008

Welcome friends,

This is my blog for posting my experinces and activities in montessori method.

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