On August 31st 1870, Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle in the province of Alcona, Italy to father Alessandro Montessori and mother Renilde Stoppani Montessori.Her father, being a soldier, had old-fashioned ideas, conservative manners and apparent military habits.Her mother, Renilde Stoppani, was a bright well-educated woman.
An excellent overview of Maria Montessori's life and work, very detailed in its rationale and explanations. Standing is fawning at times, and since this book was written in the fifties, there is a fair amount of language that seems overly flowery, religious references, excessive literary quotes from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, etc. sprinkled throughout the text.
Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870. Most of her life was spent in Rome. Her father Ale jandro was an accountant in government services. Her mother, Renilde, had good education for a woman of her time and was more open to the many transformations that affected daily life at the end of the 19th Century.
Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was a famous doctor and teacher; she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School, and she was one of the first female physicians in Italy. Montessori worked with children for most of her life; teaching them, observing them.
Biographer Kramer speculated that Maria Montessori’s pregnancy as well as the break up with Dr. Montesano must have occurred in 1901 as this is when Maria Montessori suddenly resigned from the Orthophrenic School, and for about a year M. M was out of the public eye, she also abandoned her successful work with “defective” hildren at this time.
Dr Maria Montessori started her work in the field of education and child psychology, when she had already obtained a doctor’s degree in medicine and surgery. Her scientific training and experience were exceptionally broad based and unique. Her approach to education encompassed the whole development of man from birth to adulthood.
E.M Standing, Maria Montessori: her life and work, pg 174 Learning, by itself, cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes, write our name, wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations, there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration, and her methodology is designed to nurture this power.
Maria Montessori: A Pioneer For Helping Women And Children - Maria Montessori a pioneer for helping women and children. Whether it being medically or educational wise, Maria devoted and dedicated her life to helping teachers in Europe then around the world understand why it’s it key to learning and studying early childhood development.