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- Author: Maria Montessori
- ISBN10: 1409934438
- ISBN13: 9781409934431
Maria Montessori 1870-1952 was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, humanitarian and devout Catholic. She is best known for her philosophy and the Montessori method of education of children from birth to adolescence. Her educational method is in use today in a number of public as well as private schools throughout the world. She was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School. She was a member of the Universitys Psychiatric Clinic and became intrigued with trying to educate the 'mentally retarded' and the 'uneducable' in Rome. In 1907, she started a school for children in a housing project in Rome. She was focused on teaching the students ways to develop their own skills at a pace they set, which was a principle Montessori called 'spontaneous self-development.' The success of this school sparked the opening of many more, and a worldwide interest in Montessoris methods of education. Her works include: The Montessori Method 1912 , My System of Education 1915 , Spontaneous Activity in Education 1917 and Peace and Education 1932 .
