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Maria Montessori

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Maria Montessori
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenItaly, Kingdom of Italy Edit
Name in native languageMaria Montessori Edit
Name wey dem give amMaria Edit
Family nameMontessori Edit
Ein date of birth31 August 1870 Edit
Place dem born amChiaravalle Edit
Date wey edie6 May 1952 Edit
Place wey edieNoordwijk Edit
Place wey dem bury amNoordwijk Edit
KiddieMario Montessori Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signItalian, French Edit
Writing languageItalian Edit
Ein occupationphysician, pedagogue, essayist Edit
Field for workpedagogy Edit
EmployerSapienza University of Rome Edit
Educate forSapienza University of Rome Edit
Academic degreeDoctor of Science Edit
StudentHelma Trass Edit
Work locationRome Edit
Religion anaa worldviewCatholic Church Edit
Member ofAssociazione per la donna Edit
Award e receiveOfficer of the order Orange-Nassau, Knight of the Legion of Honour Edit
Dem nominate forNobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize Edit
Has works in the collectionMuseum of Modern Art Edit
Copyright status as creatorcopyrights on works have expired Edit

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːri/ MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) na she be Italian physician den educator best known for ein philosophy of education (de Montessori method) den ein writing for scientific pedagogy top. For an early age, Montessori enrol insyd classes for an all-boys technical school, plus hopes of make she cam turn an engineer. Na she soon get change of heart wey she begin medical school at de Sapienza University of Rome, wey she cam turn one of de first women make she attend medical school insyd Italy; she graduate plus honors insyd 1896. Chaw public den private schools globally still dey use ein educational method today.

Life den career

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Birth and family

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Montessori, c. 1880

Dem born Montessori for 31 August 1870 insyd Chiaravalle, Italy. Ein poppie, Alessandro Montessori, age 33, na he be official of de Ministry of Finance wey he dey job insyd de local state-run tobacco factory. Ein mommie, Renilde Stoppani, 25 years old, na she be well-educated for de times wey na she be de niece of Italian geologist den paleontologist Antonio Stoppani.[1][2] While na she no get any particular mentor, na she be very close to ein mommie wey readily encourage am. Na she sanso get a loving relationship plus ein poppie, although na he disagree plus ein choice make she continue ein education.[3]

1883–1896: Education

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Early education

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De Montessori family move go Florence insyd 1873, then to Rome insyd 1875 secof ein poppie ein job. Montessori enter a public elementary school at de age of 6 insyd 1876. Na ein early school record be "not particularly noteworthy",[4] although na dem award am certificates for good behavior insyd de first grade den for lavori donneschi, anaa "women's work", de next year.[5]

Death

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Montessori die of a cerebral hemorrhage for 6 May 1952 at de age of 81 insyd Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.[6]

Works

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Montessori insyd a portrait by Alexander Akopov[7]
  • Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini (Tipografia della Casa Editrice S. Lapi, 1909). Dem subsequently revise den reissue am insyd 1913 den 1918 (Ermanno Loescher publish am), den 1935 (Maglione den Strine publish am).
  • Antropologia Pedagogica (Vallardi, 1910)
    • English (United Kingdom) edition: Pedagogical Anthropology [Frederick Taber Cooper translate am] (William Heinemann, 1913)
    • English (American) edition: Pedagogical Anthropology [Frederic Taber Cooper translate am] (Frederick A. Stokes, 1913)
  • Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (Dem first publish insyd English; Frederick A. Stokes, 1914)[8]
  • L'autoeducazione nelle scuole elementari (Loescher, 1916)
  • I bambini viventi nella Chiesa (1922)
    • English edition: The Child in the Church: Essays on the Religious Education of Children and the Training of Character [edited by Edwin M. Standing] (1929)
  • Das Kind in der Familie (Dem first publish insyd German; 1923)
    • English edition: The Child in the Family [translated by Nancy Cirillo] (1929)
  • Psico Geométria (Dem first publish insyd Spanish; 1934)
    • English edition: Psychogeometry [ Kay M. Baker den Benedetto Scoppola edit am] (2011)
    • English edition: Psychoarithmetic [Kay M. Baker den Benedetto Scoppola edit am] (2016)
  • L'Enfant (Dem first publish insyd French; Gonthier, 1936)
  • De l'enfant à l'adolescent [translated by Georgette J. J. Bernard] (Dem first publish insyd French; Desclée de Brouwer, 1923)
    • English edition: From Childhood to Adolescence (The Montessori Education Research Center translate am] (Schocken Books, 1973)
  • Educazione e pace (Garzanti, 1949)
  • Formazione dell'uomo (Garzanti, 1949)
    • English edition: The Formation of Man [Albert M. Joosten translate am] (Theosophical Publishing House, 1955)
  • The Absorbent Mind (Theosophical Publishing House, 1949)[9]
    • Revised and rewritten Italian edition: La mente del bambino. Mente assorbente (Garzanti, 1952)[10]
      • English edition of Italian version: The Absorbent Mind [translated by Claude A. Claremont] (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967)[11]
  • Education for a New World (1947)
  • To Educate the Human Potential (1947)

References

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  1. "Highlights from 'Communications 2007/1'". Association Montessori Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. Kramer 1976, p. 24; Trabalzini 2011, p. 13.
  3. Flaherty n.d.
  4. Trabalzini 2011, p. 7.
  5. Kramer 1976, p. 27.
  6. Kramer 1976, pp. 360–367; Trabalzini 2011, pp. 170–172.
  7. Online magazine "Montessori"
  8. This publication was translated into English from the Italian by an unattributed individual.
  9. As stated in the introduction to this text, "the present volume is based upon the lectures given by Dr. Maria Montessori at Ahmedabad, during the first Training Course after her internment in India." Additionally, this version is based on notes from the lectures, so it is based on notes by students – not Montessori's own writings. Montessori, M. (1949). The Absorbent Mind. The Theosophical Publishing House. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.202650.
  10. This Italian-language version was personally written by Maria Montessori, whereas the English-language version from 1949 was not based on Montessori's own writings but was based on student(s) notes (in English) from her lecture. For this reason, the Italian-language edition is understood to be the authoritative version of the text.
  11. This was a new English-language translation of the text, by Claude A. Claremont, based on the revised, updated, and expanded version Montessori wrote in Italian. Montessori, M. (1967). The Absorbent Mind (C. A. Claremont, Trans.). Holt, Rinehart and Winston. OCLC 299938660

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