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The Contribution of Montessori Education to the Future of Mankind: A Brief Assessment of the 20th International Montessori Congress Held in Karachi, Pakistan in January 1985
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1985, no. 2/3
Date: 1985
Pages: 13–17
Asia, Conferences, International Montessori Congress (20th, Karachi, Pakistan, 3-5 January 1985), Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pakistan, South Asia
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Montessori: Origin and reasons for the criticisms of one of the most controversial pedagogues of all time / Montessori: Origen y razones de las críticas a una de las pedagogas más controvertidas de la historia
Available from: JSTOR
Publication: Revista Española de Pedagogia, vol. 81, no. 285
Date: May-Aug 2023
Pages: 251-270
Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Maria Montessori - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori is one of the most fascinating and controversial pedagogues of all time. On the one hand, the naturalists reproached her for the rigidity and artificiality of her method, as well as her rejection of productive imagination and fantasy. On the other hand, progressive educators reproached the individualist and prescriptive character of her method. The modernists reproached her for her religiosity. Some criticized her for accelerating learning or for not respecting the freedom of the child, others for the contrary. Christians branded her a secularist, positivist, naturalist, and theosophist, while theosophists defined her as Catholic. These paradoxical criticisms are due, among other reasons, to the context of the antimodernist frenzy in which she developed her method, to her network of friends in Freemason circles, to the numerous nuances of her method, to her resistance to fitting in with existing educational currents, to the instrumentalization of her method by third party interests, to her sometimes entangled and not very clear language and to the lack of knowledge of her method in action. / Montessori es una de las pedagogas más fascinantes y controvertidas de la historia. Resulta curioso que todos le reprochasen tantos aspectos tan contradictorios. Los naturalistas, la rigidez y la artificialidad de su método, así como su rechazo a la imaginación productiva y a la fantasía; los progresistas, la individualidad y el carácter coercitivo del método; los modernistas, su religiosidad; algunos la criticaban por adelantar los aprendizajes o por no respetar la libertad del alumno, otros, por lo contrario; los cristianos la tildaron de laicista, naturalista, positivista y teósofa, mientras que los teósofos la definieron como católica. Esas críticas tan paradójicas se deben, entre otras razones, al contexto de persecución antimodernista en el que desarrolló su método, a su red de amistades en los ambientes masones, a los numerosos matices de su método, a su resistencia a encajar en las corrientes educativas existentes, a la instrumentalización de su método por intereses ajenos, a su lenguaje a veces enredado y poco divulgativo y al desconocimiento de su método en acción.
Language: English, Spanish
ISSN: 0034-9461, 2174-0909
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Työkasvatus päiväkodissa sekä peruskoulun ala-asteen Freinet ja Montessori-luokilla [Work education in kindergarten and in Freinet and Montessori classes in primary school]
Célestin Freinet - Philosophy, Elementary education, Elementary schools, Freinet Modern School Movement, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education, Preschool education
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Language: Finnish
Published: Helsinki, Finland: Helsingin yliopisto, 1999
Book Section
Vorwort zum 18. Internationalen Montessori-Kongress [Preface to the 18th International Montessori Congress]
Book Title: Die Montessori-Pädagogik und das behinderte Kind: Referate und Ergebnisse des 18. Internationalen Montessori Kongresses (München, 4-8 Juli 1977) [The Montessori System and the Handicapped Child: Papers and Reports of the 18th International Montessori Congress (Munich, July 4-8, 1977)]
Pages: 9-13
Conferences, International Montessori Congress (18th, Munich, Germany, 4-8 July 1977)
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Language: German
Published: München: Kindler, 1978
ISBN: 3-463-00716-9
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Il rinnovamento del pensiero pedagogico nel secolo ventesimo e Maria Montessori [The renewal of pedagogical thought in the twentieth century and Maria Montessori]
Book Title: Maria Montessori e il pensiero pedagogico contemporaneo [Maria Montessori and contemporary pedagogical thought]
Pages: 121-143
Conferences, Educational change, International Montessori Congress (11th, Rome, Italy, 26-28 September 1957), Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori method of education - History
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Abstract/Notes: This speech was delivered on September 27, 1957 at the 11th International Montessori Congress (Rome, Italy).
Language: Italian
Published: Roma, Italy: Vita dell'infanzia, 1959
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Montessori-Pädagogik in Berlin [Montessori Education in Berlin]
Book Title: Kinder Sind Anders: Maria Montessoris Bild Vom Kinde Auf Dem Prüfstand [Children Are Different: Maria Montessori's Picture of the Child on the Test Bench]
Pages: 35-36
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Language: German
Published: Würzburg, Germany: Ergon, 1996
ISBN: 3-928034-90-1
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Montessori in Lilburn, Georgia [Montessori of Lilburn]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 12, no. 2
Date: May 1991
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
Montessori in non-Montessori settings
Available from: InformIT
Publication: Bedrock, vol. 9, no. 3
Date: Nov 2004
Pages: 8-10
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Abstract/Notes: This article looks at the common ground between Montessorian and more traditional approaches to early childhood education. The author refers to ideas put forward by Dr E M Hallowell which suggest that early childhood educators focus on concepts such as playfulness, practice, mastery and reconnection; these concepts hold the key to raising children with healthy self-esteem, moral awareness and spiritual values. The author points out the similarities these psychological goals have with those a Montessori educator and a traditional early childhood educator aim for. She describes the approach taken at the Benevolent Society centre, which caters for babies and children up to five years. General Montessori principles are used, such as less is more -decluttering the children's personal space and giving them options for exploration; and spoken language - the process of interacting with children on a daily basis as the most fundamental step in building trusting relationships. The four vital areas of focus that keep re-appearing in any program written at the centre are cognitive development, fine motor development, gross motor development and social interaction. [Author abstract, ed]
Language: English
ISSN: 1326-7566
Article
Idaho Montessori Trust: New Way Montessori School
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 28, no. 1
Date: Mar 2007
Pages: 1, 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
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2 New School Accreditation Groups Accepting Candidates [MSAC, program of NCME; International Montessori Council, program of The Montessori Foundation]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 12, no. 4
Date: Summer 2000
Pages: 30
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246