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Information about Maria Montessori

Major Contributes to Education  

5 Major Events 

Pictures of Maria Montessori 

Information about Maria Montessori Personal Life

 Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children learn naturally. She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children's House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. Montessori is a secular education system, exactly like the public education sector. This means that no particular religion is taught as part of the curriculum, but that all religions, and all peoples are respected. Montessori schools are independently owned/operated.

Maria Montessori Major Contributions to education-------

Maria Montessori Developed her own methods for teaching young children. Wrote more than a dozen books. Traveled the world and trained teachers on four continents. Received the highest civilian honors in many nations and three Nobel Peace Prize nominations. As well as developed the Montessori Method of teaching based on observations she made of children in her own childcare center. The Montessori Method is based on the idea that children learn best when the environment supports their natural desire to acquire skills and knowledge

5 Major Events in Maria Montessori life

One major event would be In 1898 Maria Montessori and Giuseppe Montesano were named co-directors of the Orthophrenic (mentally retarded) School of Rome. Maria Montessori methodically studied her disabled students (labeled ”“idiots” or “mentally defective”). 

Another major event Maria Montessori decided to attend medical school, which was not open to women. Maria Montessori persisted and enrolled at the University of Rome. She faced many challenges as the only female medical student in the school. In July 1896 Maria Montessori became the first woman in Italy to receive a Doctorate of Medicine.

The third Major event would be Two months later, in September 1896, Maria Montessori was invited to serve as a delegate for Italy at the International Congress for Women’s Rights in Berlin, Germany. Again she enchanted the audience with her charisma and the conference adopted her proposal of equal pay for equal work. Many newspapers wrote about Maria Montessori and described her as the beautiful scholar.

The Fourth Major event Maria Montessori developed a science of education based on the observation of children’s needs; she looked to the child to teach her. She analyzed her observations to uncover how children learn. She published many books on how to understand and educate the child. Maria Montessori observed that children under six have an extraordinary power of mind in which they all have a once-in-a-lifetime ability to absorb knowledge from their environment; their minds are like sponges and do not analyze what they soak up