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Direct linkHammons, Michelle – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
In this article, the author reflects on a trip to Italy where she visited Dr. Montessori's birthplace in Chiaravalle.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational History
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
This article provides photographs, quotes, and a timeline that traces Maria Montessori's legacy.
Descriptors: Biographies, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Early Childhood Education
Mayo, Peter – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This paper provides a critical exposition and analysis of the work of an acclaimed Italian educator, Lorenzo Milani, and ideas that emerged from his experiences in two Tuscan localities. His work is well known in Italy and many parts of southern Europe. Despite the translations of his works into English and Spanish, in the early 1970s, and their…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational History, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education)
Gutek, Gerald Lee – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004
An essential resource for all students and scholars of early childhood education, this book offers a rich array of material about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. Distinguished education scholar Gerald Gutek begins with an in-depth biography of Montessori, exploring how a determined young woman overcame the obstacles that blocked her…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Early Childhood Education, Biographies, Educational Change
Wallace, James M. – History of Education Quarterly, 2005
In this article, the author presents the memoir of Angelo Patri, a very important and well-known educational figure during the first of the last century in his educational career. In 1917 Patri published Schoolmaster of the Great City, which gives readers vivid impressions of his early life in Italy and New York, his family and community, his…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Education, Educational History, Biographies
Peer reviewedWilson, Avril – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1979
Aporti is credited with starting Italian infant education, opening his first school in 1827 in Lombardy, which was then ruled by Austria. This paper discusses Aporti's educational views, his career, the spread of Italian infant schools and, particularly, reactions of the government and the church to Aporti and his movement. (SJL)
Descriptors: Biographies, Church Role, Early Childhood Education, Educational Development
Download full textDuCharme, Catherine C. – 1992
This paper discusses the life and works of Margaret McMillan and Maria Montessori, two advocates for the poor who played a significant role in social and educational reform in Britain and Italy, respectively, in the late 19th- and early 20th century. The upbringing, education, and social milieu of the two women are compared, as well as their…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Biographies, Child Advocacy, Child Health
