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The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights
Asia, Displaced communities, Europe, Fascism, India, Italy, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Speeches, addresses, etc., Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History, Pacifism, Peace
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Abstract/Notes: The Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870–1952) is best known for the teaching method that bears her name. She was also a lifelong pacifist, although historians tend to consider her writings on this topic as secondary to her pedagogy. In The Best Weapon for Peace, Erica Moretti reframes Montessori’s pacifism as the foundation for her educational activism, emphasizing her vision of the classroom as a gateway to reshaping society. Montessori education offers a child-centered learning environment that cultivates students’ development as peaceful, curious, and resilient adults opposed to war and invested in societal reform. Using newly discovered primary sources, Moretti examines Montessori’s lifelong pacifist work, including her ultimately unsuccessful push for the creation of the White Cross, a humanitarian organization for war-affected children. Moretti shows that Montessori’s educational theories and practices would come to define chilren’s rights once adopted by influential international organizations, including the United Nations. She uncovers the significance of Montessori’s evolving philosophy of peace and early childhood education within broader conversations about internationalism and humanitarianism.
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
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Maria Montessori and Peace Education [Chapter 4]
Available from: Google Books
Page(s): 33-37
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Language: English
Published: Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59311-899-0
Series: Peace Education
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Learning for Peace: The Montessori Way
Available from: Springer Link
Book Title: Peace and War: Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives
Pages: 155-173
Cosmic education, Mahatma Gandhi, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Peace education, Rabindranath Tagore
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Abstract/Notes: Well into the 1930s, the Italian Maria Montessori stated at the European Congress for Peace in Brussels that ‘preventing conflicts is the work of politics; establishing peace is the work of education’. She explicitly linked peace to education and promoted a kind of learning that deviates from mainstream traditional education. Learning for peace was a way of showing that education is not simply about the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills but that it serves a larger purpose, a ‘public common good’. As we gradually approach the twenty-first century, there is a need to rethink about ways in which our educational system can respond to the global challenges. This chapter shows that there are possibilities to build on age-old legacies and theories to improve the quality of education and contribute to a more sustainable future. The focus is on Maria Montessori who somehow appears to be a rare name in the philosophy of education and peace literature.
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-48671-6
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Education for Peace: A Montessori Magnet School for Tallahassee
Publication: Tallahassee, vol. 12, no. 3
Date: 1990
Pages: 63-65
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Language: English
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Toward the Ultimate Goal of Peace: How a Montessori Educationat the High School Level Supports Moral Development through Study and Social Life
Publication: Whole School Montessori Handbook
Date: 2015
Pages: 427–446
Americas, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Teacher training, Teachers, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Authentic Abroad Experiences with the Montessori Peace Now Student Organization: An Educational Laboratory for Montessori Global Engagement in Costa Rica
Publication: Whole School Montessori Handbook
Date: 2015
Pages: 423–425
Americas, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Teacher training, Teachers, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Education and Peace Reconsidered
Publication: Whole School Montessori Handbook
Date: 2015
Pages: 417–422
Americas, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Teacher training, Teachers, United States of America
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Language: English
Conference Paper
Our World, Our Legacy: Cultivating a Culture of Peace
27th International Montessori Congress (27th, Portland, Oregon, July 31-Aug 3, 2013)
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Language: English
Book
Our Peaceful Classroom
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Language: English
Published: Altoona, Pennsylvania: Parent Child Press, 1991
Article
Apply for Ursula Thrush Peace Seed Grant
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 16, no. 3
Date: Summer 2004
Pages: 51
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040