NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hammons, 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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Van Groenou, Meher – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
Maria Montessori arrived in India in 1939 to conduct the first training course on the Asian continent. Thus began Montessori's extended stay in India. She wrote and published "The Absorbent Mind," crystallized the Elementary curriculum, and developed the theory of "Planes of Development" as the basis for the curriculum from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational History
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chattin-McNichols, John – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2017
Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Loeffler (1921-2016) was a true Montessori pioneer, someone who had a lasting impact on the American Montessori Society (AMS), on Montessori schools, and on teacher education programs. In this article, John Chattin-McNichols shares some of his memories of her, and, in doing so, also reflects on some of his memories…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Biographies, Professional Associations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Whitescarver, Keith; Cossentino, Jacqueline – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Montessori education has flourished as an alternative approach to schooling for a hundred years. In the century since the first Montessori school opened in the slums of Rome, the movement has undergone sustained growth while simultaneously enduring efforts to modify the method in order to reach a wider audience. Despite…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Educational Change, Slums, Biographies