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An Indian Close-Up of Dr. Maria Montessori
Publication: Voice of Indian Montessori Centre
Date: 2000
Pages: 21-22
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Language: English
Book Section
Maria Montessori en Inde: Adoption et Adaptation d’une Méthode Pédagogique [Maria Montessori in India: Adoption and Adaptation of a Pedagogic Method]
Available from: OpenEdition Books
Book Title: L’Inde et l’Italie: Rencontres intellectuelles, politiques et artistiques [India and Italy: Intellectual, political and artistic encounters]
Pages: 245-285
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Abstract/Notes: In this article I focus on the impact of the Maria Montessori’s pedagogical method during the years of her work in South Asia (1939-1946; 1947-1949). The genesis of this research started in the late 1980s during the years of my fieldwork in Madras (today Chennai), when I was amazed to find a large number of “Montessori” schools in that city. Certainly, they were many more than in Italy, and in Rome itself, where Maria Montessori founded the first “House of Children” on the 6th January 1907. Thus, out of mere curiosity I started to enquire about the reasons of such “implantation”. Soon I came to know that Maria Montessori (1870-1952) and her son, Mario Montesano Montessori (1898-1982), from 1939 till 1949, spent almost ten years in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In all those countries they collaborated and interacted with local pedagogists, by also training hundreds of children and more than thousand students and teachers to the homonimous “Montessori” pedagogical method. India, after Italy, was also the country where Maria Montessori spent the longest period of her life. After relating to the major events of her personal life as well as her scientific and social engagements as psychiatrist, pedagogist, outspoken feminist and antifascist, I deal here with the adoption and adaptation of her pedagogical method in South Asia. Finally, I tackle the influence of the local educational systems and cultural practices on Maria Montessori herself and on her own method’s further development. Due to such a synergic encouter and interaction, today India is one of the most dynamic and prestigeous international centers for the “Montessori” pedagogical method teachers’ training.,Dans cet article, j’étudie en particulier l’impact de la méthode pédagogique de Maria Montessori durant ses années en Asie du Sud (1939-1946, 1947-1949). La genèse de cette recherche a débuté à la fin des années 1980, quand j’ai été étonnée de trouver à Madras (Chennai) un si grand nombre d’écoles Montessori au cours de mon long terrain dans cette ville. Certes, elles étaient beaucoup plus nombreuses que celles présentes en Italie, et plus qu’à Rome même, où Maria Montessori fonda la première Maison des Enfants le 6 janvier 1907. Ainsi, par simple curiosité, je commençai à m’enquérir des raisons d’une telle « implantation ». Bientôt, j’ai réalisé que Maria Montessori (1870-1952) et son fils, Mario Montesano Montessori (1898-1982), avaient de 1939 à 1949, séjourné près de dix ans en Inde, au Pakistan et au Sri Lanka. Dans tous ces pays, ils ont collaboré et interagi avec les pédagogues locaux, en formant également des centaines d’enfants et plus de mille élèves et enseignants à la méthode pédagogique « Montessori ». L’Inde, après l’Italie, était aussi le pays où Maria Montessori a passé la plus longue période de sa vie. Après avoir évoqué les grands événements de sa vie personnelle ainsi que ses engagements scientifiques et sociaux en tant que psychiatre, pédagogue, féministe et antifasciste, je traite ici de l’adoption et de l’adaptation de sa méthode pédagogique en Asie du Sud. Enfin, j’analyse l’influence des systèmes éducatifs locaux et des pratiques culturelles sur Maria Montessori elle-même et sur le développement ultérieur de sa propre méthode. Grâce à cette rencontre et à cette interaction synergiques, l’Inde est aujourd’hui l’un des centres internationaux les plus dynamiques et les plus prestigieux pratiquant la méthode pédagogique Montessori.
Language: French
Published: Paris, France: OpenEdition Books, 2018
ISBN: 978-2-7132-3154-4
Series: Purushartha
Archival Material Or Collection
Greeting on the Occasion of Indian Independence
Date: 1947
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Correspondence, Maria Montessori - Writings, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: Greeting that Maria Montessori gave/sent in August 1947, when India gained independence
Language: English
Extent: 1 sheet [double-sided typescript]
Archive: Maria Montessori Archives (Amsterdam, Holland) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Book
Administration of Education in India
Available from: Internet Archive
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Language: English
Published: Baroda, India: Acharya Book Depot, 1962
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The Voice of Dr. Maria Montessori: Lectures, Madras, India, 1941-1942 [Lectures taken in shorthand]
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
Published: Silver Spring, Maryland: International Montessori Society, 1992
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Montessori Method – Lecture notes, India, 1941-42
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
Published: Silver Spring, Maryland: International Montessori Society, 1993
Book Section
The Child as Agent of Radical Change: The Years in India
Book Title: The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights
Pages: 177-210
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, South Asia
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Language: English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2021
Edition: 1st edition
ISBN: 978-0-299-33310-2
Series: George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas
Book Section
Indian Montessori Training Course
Book Title: Maria Montessori Birth Centenary Celebrations
Asia, India, Indian Montessori Training Course, South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
Published: Hyderabad: Association Montessori Internationale, 1970
Book Section
On the Principles of the Montessori School [Course Lecture, India 1942]
Book Title: The Child, Society and the World: Unpublished Speeches and Writings
Pages: 58-67
Asia, India, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Maria Montessori - Writings, South Asia, Trainings
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2016 [1979]
ISBN: 978-90-79506-34-7
Series: Montessori Series , 7
Article
West Indian Welcome
Publication: LM Courier
Date: Jan 1984
Pages: 8
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Language: English