Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessoriwas an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in some public and private schools throughout the world...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1870
CityMarche, Italy
CountryItaly
children mean personality
It is easy to substitute our will for that of the child by means of suggestion or coercion; but when we have done this we have robbed him of his greatest right, the right to construct his own personality.
cutting islands people
The world of education is like an island where people cut off from the world are prepared for life by exclusion from it.
nature
In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.
children self interesting
An interesting piece of work, freely chosen, which has the virtue of inducing concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies and mental capacities, and leads him to self-mastery.
spiritual lying men
Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society ...
soul deception might
Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.
children mean growth
The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.
men humanity phases
Culture and education have no bounds or limits; now man is in a phase in which he must decide for himself how far he can proceed in the culture that belongs to the whole of humanity.
children desire development
If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.
children independent goal
The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he finds in his path. A vital force is active within him, and this guides his efforts towards their goal. It is a force called the 'horme', by Sir Percy Nunn.
discipline intellectual found
Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.
discipline liberty mute
Discipline must come through liberty.
children endure all-things
The child endures all things.
hands mind organs
The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.