Maria Montessori

Italian physician and educator

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Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was Italy's first female physician. She developed an innovative educational method based on child observation and autonomy. In 1907, she opened the first Casa dei Bambini in Rome. Her book 'The Montessori Method' (1909) became an international success. She founded the Association Montessori Internationale in 1929 and trained teachers worldwide. Her child-centered approach is practiced in over 15,000 schools globally.

* 1870-08-28 — † 1952-05-06

Major works

Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica (1909)pedagogical essay
Pedagogical Anthropology (1910)essay
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (1914)practical handbook
The Secret of Childhood (1936)essay
The Absorbent Mind (1949)essay

Key milestones

1896First woman in Italy to earn a medical degree.
1907Opened the first Casa dei Bambini in Rome.
1929Founded the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).

Themes

Child-centered educationAutonomy and freedomScientific observationPeace and children's rightsNatural development

Sources: montessori-ami.org · britannica.com

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.”

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“Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.”

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“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”

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“Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent as a mute and as immovable as a paralytic. He is an individual annihilated, not disciplined.”

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