Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Montessori Method, Materials, and Early Childhood Education - Softcover

Montessori, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160459554X ISBN 13: 9781604595543

Publisher: Wilder Publications, 2009

Synopsis

The Montessori method revolutionized how children were educated. In Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, Maria Montessori explains the basic of her system, how it works and why it works. There are dozens of figures to help illustrate her points. "My method is scientific, both in its substance and in its aim. It makes for the attainment of a more advanced stage of progress, in directions no longer only material and physiological."

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About the Author

Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an Italian physician, educator, lecturer, and reformer whose work transformed modern early childhood education. Born in Chiaravalle, Italy, she became one of the first women in Italy to earn a medical degree, entering a profession that was still overwhelmingly closed to women. Her medical training, scientific discipline, and early work with children with developmental and learning differences shaped her lifelong belief that education should begin with close observation of the child.Montessori developed her educational method through direct classroom experience, especially at the Casa dei Bambini, or Children's House, in Rome. There she observed how children responded to order, movement, sensory materials, practical tasks, and freedom within limits. Her approach challenged conventional schooling by emphasizing independence, concentration, self-correction, respect for the child's pace, and the teacher's role as guide rather than authoritarian instructor. The materials and classroom practices she developed became the foundation of Montessori schools around the world.Her books and lectures brought the Montessori method to an international audience and influenced generations of teachers, parents, psychologists, and educational reformers. Works such as The Montessori Method, Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, The Secret of Childhood, and The Absorbent Mind continue to be read by those interested in child development, early learning, alternative education, and the relationship between freedom and discipline in the classroom. Montessori remains one of the most important figures in the history of education, and her method continues to shape schools, homeschool programs, and early childhood practice more than a century after its first development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilder Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160459554X
• ISBN 13: 9781604595543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96