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Abstract/Notes: Includes information about all the sessions at the conference. Information regarding Montessori includes: 1. Katherine Moore, teacher of the Montessori classes in the public schools of Los Angeles and a graduate of the first class of Dr. Montessori, will conduct a demonstration Montessori class each forenoon [morning] from nine to twelve o'clock during the session of the National Education Association, in the Art Room, City Auditorium [Oakland Municipal Auditorium]. The model furniture will be furnishhed by Louise Brigham the inventor of box furniture, New York, N. Y. Teachers are invited to observe this class. (see p. 6-7) 2. General Sessions - International Congress on Education - Meetings in City Auditorium - August 16, 1915 - Afternoon Session, 2:30 O'Clock - "The Montessori System" by Maria Montessori (see p. 13). 3. Departmental Congress on Kindergarten Education - Sessions in Auditorium Theatre - August 17, 1915 - Afternoon Session, 2:30 O'Clock (Joint Session with the International Kindergarten Union) - "Imagination" by Maria Montessori (see p. 15). 4. Departmental Congress on Elementary Education - Sessions in City Auditorium - August 20, 1915 - Evening Session, 8:00 O'Clock - "Organization of the Intellectual Work in the School" by Maria Montessori (see p. 20). 5. Departmental Congress on Relationship Between the School and Co-operative Organizations - City Auditorium - August 23, 1915 - Evening Session, 8:00 O'Clock - "The Mother and the Child" by Maria Montessori, interpreted by Mariana Bertola, M.D. of San Francisco (see p. 25). 6. Montessori Congress - Sessions in Ballroom, Hotel Oakland - August 28, 1915 (see p. 42-43). This includes details regarding the itinerary for the Montessori Congress held in Oakland, 1915. The morning session began at 10:00 O'Clock and included: "Address of Welcome" by Philander P. Claxton (US Commissioner of Education, Washington, D.C.); "Possibilities and Opportunities of the Montessori Work for American Children" by E. L. Hardy (State Normal School, San Diego); "The Future of the Montessori School in America" by Arthur Chamberlain (Secretary, California Council of Education and California Teachers' Association, San Francisco); and "Address" by Maria Montessori. The afternoon session began at 2:00 O'Clock and included: "Round Table under the Auspices of the National Education Association and of the San Francisco Local Committee of Advisory Patrons" with David Starr Jordan (President, National Education Association, Stanford University, California) presiding over "Questions and Discussions by Leading American Educators and Dr. Montessori". The program indicates that the Round Table discussion was an invitation only affair - "Admission by Invitation".

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Published: 1915

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Abstract/Notes: The latter, a scientific description of anthropological observational methods, with a wide range of citations from noted anthropologists, biologists, and geneticists, demonstrates Montessori's in-depth knowledge of much of the then-current literature and heavily emphasizes the theories of her former professor, Giuseppe Sergi, who claimed the Mediterranean race as the "greatest race in the world" (Wikipedia, 2018). Montessori's letters, unlike her books and other academic publications, brim with pride, awe, insecurity, and the innermost feelings of a close daughter/father relationship that belie the original myths of tension arising from her decision to study medicine. [...]the expectation of widespread acceptance of her method, coupled with waning Italian interest and a chance to exhibit the method in a model school to some of the most important names in education, persuaded her to come to the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, in California, where she remained for quite some time.

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ISSN: 1054-0040

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Abstract/Notes: "New York, April 20 - Mme. Maria Montessori, originator of the famous system of child teaching, arrived from Italy today on the Duca Degli Abruzzi. She will remain [in] American four months, having been engage to teach in California by the state board of education. She was met by the Misses Grace Parsons of Brooklyn, Clara Craig of Providence [Rhode Island], Anne E. George of Washington [D.C.], and Adelia Pyle of New York. Mrs. Catalina Catasus, wife of the former Mexican minister to the United States under Diaz, and her family were also passengers."

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Abstract/Notes: "An announcement has been received here that Madame Montessori, whose system of child training is known throughout the world, will open her training school in Los Angeles, May 1. She will be in that city during May and June, under the direction of Miss Katherine Moore, 636 West Adams street, who will be pleased to hear from those contemplating joining these classes. On leaving Los Angeles Madame Montessori will go to San Diego, where she will spend the month of July, also holding a training school there. August will be devoted to the work in San Francisco."

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