
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Montessori schools, Montessori teachers, Montessori method, Maria Montessori, Wilmington Montessori School, Gamble Montessori High School, Hillfield Strathallan College, Montessori in the United States, Caedmon School, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Association Montessori International of the United States, Montessori sensorial materials, Great River Charter Montessori School, Clark Montessori High School, CMS, RDSO Branch, City Montessori School, Phyllis Wallbank, Gimnasio Moderno, St. Stephen´s Episcopal School Houston, Anna-Schmidt-Schule, Isha Home School, CMS Kanpur Road Branch, Montessori St Nicholas Charity, CMS Gomti Nagar, Sto. Rosario Montessori School, Montessori De Manila, Rhein-Main International Montessori School, Chesterfield Day School, The San Francisco School, Seisen International School, Siragu Montessori School, Toronto Montessori Schools, Montessori Oberschule Potsdam, Northglade Montessori Magnet School, American Montessori Society, Kamala Niketan Montessori School, Joliet Montessori School, Franciscan Montessori Earth School & Saint Francis Academy, Ruffing Montessori, School of the Woods, Alexandria Montessori, Cambridge Montessori school, Tender Hearts School, Lucknow, New Horizon Montessori School, Montessori-Based Dementia Programming, Hamilton School, Modern Montessori School, Operation Brotherhood Montessori Center, Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, Towles Intermediate School, Perth Montessori School, Robert Goddard Montessori, Mountainview Montessori School, The Baan Dek Montessori, Montessori Middle School, Queensland Independent College, Perkkaanpuiston Montessorikoulu, Near North Montessori, Southernside Montessori School, St Andrews Montessori, St. Mary´s School (Wilmington, Delaware), Helma Trass, La Belle Montessori School, Montessori School of Louisville, Jane Chabria, Washington Montessori School, St. Catherine´s Montessori School, Modern Montessori International, Compass Star Montessori. Excerpt: Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 4,500 schools in the United States and 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old. Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child´s natural psychological development. Although a range of practices exists under the name ´Montessori,´ the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and the American Montessori Society (AMS) cite these elements as essential: In addition, many Montessori schools design their programs with reference to Montessori´s model of human development from her published works, and use pedagogy, lessons, and materials introduced in teacher training derived from courses presented by Montessori during her lifetime. Montessori began to develop her philosophy and methods in 1897, attending courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome and reading the educational theory of the previous two hundred years. In 1907, she opened her first classroom, the Casa dei Bambini, or Children´s House, in a tenement building in Rome. From the beginning, Montessori based her work on her observations of children and experimentation with the environment, materials, and lessons available to them. She frequently referred to her work as ´scientific pedagogy.´ Montessori education spread to the United States in 1911 and be…
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