|
|
| HOME | COLLEGE |
Dr Maria Montessori
“The goal of early childhood education should be to cultivate the child’s own natural desire to learn.”
Dr. Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 and became the first woman doctor in her country’s history. She was one of the most influential pioneers in early childhood education. She devised a method of education, which combines a philosophy with a practical approach based on the central idea of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment. The great pioneering achievement of Dr. Montessori was to recognize the crucial importance of a child’s first six years of development. It is during this time that a child’s powers of absorption are highest and lifelong attitudes and patterns of learning are firmly formed. It is for the sensitive period that the Montessori system of education was most uniquely and effectively designed.
Her success was so great that she travelled the world established schools and lecturing about her discoveries. Dr. Montessori’s books have been translated into twenty two languages and are readily available. Her methods have become part of every teacher training course. Dr. Maria Montessori died in Holland in 1952 at the age of 82. She left the world a wonderful legacy: a philosophy of life, a unique method of education, material with which to educate, and a system of training which is capable of producing teachers who give children the best possible foundation for life. |
.jpg) |
|
| |
|
|
|
