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Montessori   /mˌɑntəsˈɔri/   Listen
Montessori

noun
1.
Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952).  Synonym: Maria Montesorri.






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"Montessori" Quotes from Famous Books



... may be profitably used as texts in the courses on these topics. Parker's has but little on the organization of the elementary school, is weak on the philosophical side of the theorists treated, has nothing on Montessori, draws no lessons from history, is very brief on the present tendencies, and is somewhat heavy, prosaic, and unimaginative in style; but it is painstaking, covers all the main points well and has uncovered some valuable new material, and on the whole is the best history ...
— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper

... became of the boys whose nest was thus invaded? (The Girls' School and Babies' Montessori School is half-a-mile away.) They immediately showed what they are made of by themselves erecting on the ground beside the windmill a series of Kitchener huts. There they sleep and eat, coming hobbling down to headquarters for ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919 • Various

... Secondary School Hill's The Teaching of Civics Horne's The Teacher as Artist Hyde's The Teacher's Philosophy Jenkins's Reading in the Primary Grades Judd's The Evolution of a Democratic School System Kendall and Stryker's History in the Elementary Grades Kilpatrick's The Montessori System Examined Leonard's English Composition as a Social Problem Lewis's Democracy's High School Maxwell's The Observation of Teaching Maxwell's The Selection of Textbooks Meredith's The Educational Bearings of Modern ...
— The Recitation • George Herbert Betts

... scare or scandal to relate— Nothing in any way that may impugn The credit or the morals of the moon; And on the other hand it does attract us To learn that she is growing sage and cactus. Hardly romantic vegetables, these, And not so edible as good green cheese Which nursery rhymers (banned by MONTESSORI) Associated with the lunar story. Still PICKERING'S vegetable views are tame Contrasted with Professor GODDARD'S aim; For he, as from the daily Press we learn, An obvious plagiarist of good JULES VERNE, Would have us build a Bertha fat enough To send a charge ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 • Various



Words linked to "Montessori" :   educator, Maria Montesorri, pedagog, pedagogue



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