Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work
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Maria Montessori is important background reading for parents considering Montessori education for their children, as well as for those training to become Montessori teachers. The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century. • The new introduction to Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work by Lee Havis, executive director of the International Montessori Society, discusses the changes that have taken place in Montessori education within recent years. • An updated appendix of Montessori periodicals, courses, societies, films, and teaching materials. • A revised bibliography of books by and about Maria Montessori. Review: Every educator’s must have - A hand book for a lifetime. Review: An amazing book about Dr. Montessori and her life and work - A must read for every montessorian and budding montessorians!
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 233 Reviews |
A**N
Every educator’s must have
A hand book for a lifetime.
S**I
An amazing book about Dr. Montessori and her life and work
A must read for every montessorian and budding montessorians!
R**J
A must have in your collection of MONTESSORI books
This is an amazing book meant for all MONTESSORI trained teachers. The book came in very good condition
N**A
Five Stars
Its a excellent book..
S**A
Paper quality is not upto the mark
Paper quality is not good
P**N
Extremely disappointing
I had ordered 3 books, All the 3 were in bad condition. The books came all oily and torn. Extremely disappointed.
A**A
child
an amazing insight into what a child is ...so little is he thought about in this world .....how initial years are so important which are so often neglected .Must read for all those who really wish to know little about child. Lots more....
K**A
good choice
Book is very informative and is written in simple language.
D**N
Best Piece
Best piece of toddler advice compared to many a books in the field because of the critical analytical approach. There is also scientific and social evidence implemented for grounds to support the qualitative reasoning.
C**O
Impressão péssima
A impressão é de péssima qualidade. Sem ilustrações e papel reciclado muito frágil e escuro. Impressão com falhas de tinta!!!!
R**R
A wonderful book about education
I had previously read another book about the Montessori method, and also the English translation of "The Montessori Method". But only this authorized biography by standing gives a good picture of how important, and how influential she was. Montessori(1870-1952)was an extremely attractive, intelligent, and complicated person. Although she claimed to be only interested in "the child", and not at all in politics, her writings are shot full of socialist and pacifist ideas. She believed her education methods,through "the child's self directed manual activities" would abolish such tendencies as selfishness, acquisitiveness and the desire for status. Montessori also claimed in was a great mistake for people to assume that her insistence on the child's "freedom" dis not equate with a lack of discipline. Quite to the contrary, she insisted the teacher's (or "directress's")responsibility was to "destroy evil" in the classroom. And what is "evil"? Of course, "evil" is anything contrary to Montessori's personal belief. But Maria Montessori also had some wonderful educational ideas. She believed in "epochs of sensitivity" during which opportunities for the acquisition of certain skills could be most advantageously instilled. She believed the best time to teach literacy was from age 3 1/2 to 4 1/2, and that writing led automatically to reading. She turned out to be right about this, and also said that "absolute musical pitch" could also easily be acquired at the same ages. No one has ever prooved this to be true, so I think I'll do so. My name is Bob and my email address is rovarose@aol.com
A**E
Don't bother with reading and maths just play
A very interesting approach to learning, but kids also need to hear and share, joyful, emotional and fun reading from parents. If they get that , they will do fine in school.
A**R
A present for my daughter
I’m sending this book to one of my daughters. She’s the mother of a two year old son. This is a well written and informative book. It will help my daughter to learn more about Maria Montessori. I highly recommend it!
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