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.

References

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

This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

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

[1]