Language: Italian

ISSN: 2240-9068

Abstract/Notes: Paola Trabalzini is Professor of Aspects of Education at Rome's La Sapienza University, and a wellrespected scholar on placing Montessori's writings in a historical and sociological context. Ms Trabalzini has written this article especially to mark the hundredth anniversary of Montessori's first account of the history and development of her ideas on education. The Montessori Method, as this title became known, was the book that would accompany Montessori throughout her life. In forty years five different editions were published, and Montessori revised, edited, deleted and added to each and every one edition. Trabalzini provides many interesting details to help explain the underlying motives.

Language: English

ISSN: 1877-539X

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0042-7241

Language: Italian

ISSN: 0390-6051

Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori è una delle pedagogiste italiane più conosciute e celebrate in tutto il mondo. Come è noto, il suo pensiero ha avuto una diffusione che per rapidità e ampiezza geografica si può senza dubbio definire straordinaria. Fu Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, pubblicato in Italia nel 1909, a portare la Montessori alla ribalta della scena mondiale. Dal 1912, le traduzioni si moltiplicarono, fino a coprire, prima della fine della prima Guerra mondiale, il panorama europeo e americano. Inoltre, i corsi internazionali per la formazione d’insegnanti stranieri (il primo fu organizzato in Italia nel 1913), permisero la diffusione del metodo anche in India, in Sud America, in Australia e in Asia. La mia ricerca si concentra sull’analisi comparata delle prime traduzioni del Metodo, in particolare l’edizione americana (1912), l’edizione inglese (1912), l’edizione svizzera (1912) e l’edizione francese (1916), calate nel contesto storico, sociale, cultura e pedagogico di riferimento. Per meglio comprendere le modalità di diffusione dell’opera, ho scelto di dare ampio spazio anche alle figure che hanno circondato Maria Montessori e si sono operate per diffondere e promuovere tanto l’opera quanto la filosofia della pedagogista nelle realtà elencate. Il progetto ha voluto mettere a fuoco il processo di costruzione di un lavoro scientifico e culturale costantemente influenzato da una pluralità di culture, tradizioni, lingue e voci differenti, nonché il faticoso impegno dell’autrice di difendere il proprio pensiero da qualsiasi intromissione esterna volta a snaturarlo. [Maria Montessori is one of the most famous and celebrated Italian pedagogists in the world. Due to its speed and geographical extent, the spread of her scientific pedagogy can surely be described as extraordinary, even more since we talk about a woman’s work in the beginning of the twentieth century. It was Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, published in Italy in 1909, that brought Montessori to the forefront of the world scene, allowing her to be acclaimed internationally as one of history’s great pioneering educators. Since 1912, the number of translations multiplied, to the point of covering, before the end of the First World War, the European and American scene. In addition, international courses for the training of teachers (the first was organized in Italy in 1913), allowed the spread of the method in India, South America, Austrialia and Asia. My research focuses on the comparative analysis of the Metodo’s first translations, in particular the American edition (1912), the English edition (1912), the Swiss edition (1912) and the French edition (1916), placed in the historical, social, cultural and pedagogical context of reference. Furthermore, great part of the research is dedicated to the many figures who surrounded Maria Montessori and worked as hard as she did to help in the spreading of both her thought and book internationally. Indeed, editors, translators, journalists and intellectuals, as well as politicians and ambassadors played an essential role in her successful career. The project aimed to focus on Montessori’s process of building a scientific and cultural work constantly influenced by a plurality of different cultures, traditions, languages and voices, as well as on the hard work of the author to defend her philosophy from any external interference aimed at distorting it.]

Language: Italian

Published: Bologna, Italy, 2020

Language: Italian

ISSN: 1972-6562, 1971-5714

Language: Italian

Published: Bologna, Italy: Bulzoni, 1990

ISBN: 88-7119-225-7

Series: Biblioteca di cultura

Language: Italian

Published: Torino, Italy: Paravia, 1958

Volume: 3

Abstract/Notes: Proceedings of the conference held in Rome, Italy, November 10-11, 2011.

Language: Italian

Published: Milano, Italy: FrancoAngeli, 2014

ISBN: 978-88-917-0849-6

Series: Storia della psicologia , 12

Abstract/Notes: L’œuvre majeure de Maria Montessori, connue en français sous le titre de Pédagogie scientifique, avec quelquefois, en sous-titre, La découverte de l’enfant, a fait l’objet il y a peu d’une édition critique, permettant de retracer des évolutions à travers les nombreux ajouts, retraits et reprises du texte. Après deux publications précoces, en 1909 et 1913, le texte connaît quelques modifications dans les dernières éditions du vivant de l’autrice, en 1926, 1935 et 1950. La troisième édition, cherchant à imposer le modèle des maisons d’enfants en Italie, enlève des références jugées trop naturalistes pour épouser des accents plus spiritualistes, sans que le fonds ne soit modifié (cf. Trabalzini, 2003, p. 11) : il s’agit de ne pas être pierre de scandale en se réclamant de scientifiques de la nature qui pourraient heurter l’opinion publique ou les instances politiques. Plus au loin, des renvois seront faits, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, aux autres ouvrages déjà publiés, et certains thèmes seront élaborés plus avant. Concernant Fröbel, comme deux autres grandes figures classiques de la pédagogie, Rousseau et Pestalozzi, les références directes demeurent maigres, et ne montrent qu’une relation distante, appuyant parfois uniquement sur l’aspect « libertaire, spontanéiste et permissif » (cf. Scocchera, 2000, p. XXXIV) de la pédagogie de la maison des enfants. D’autres noms, comme ceux de Pereira, d’Itard ou de Séguin, jouissent à première vue d’un autre prestige. [The major work of Maria Montessori, known in French under the title of Scientific Pedagogy, with sometimes, in subtitle, The discovery of the child, was recently the subject of a critical edition, allowing to retrace the evolutions through the numerous additions, withdrawals and repetitions of the text. After two early publications, in 1909 and 1913, the text underwent some modifications in the last editions during the author's lifetime, in 1926, 1935 and 1950. The third edition, seeking to impose the model of children's homes in Italy, removes references deemed too naturalistic to take on more spiritualistic accents, without the fund being modified (cf. Trabalzini, 2003, p. 11): it is a question of not being a rock of scandal by claiming to be scientists of the nature that could offend public opinion or political authorities. Further on, references will be made, after the Second World War, to other works already published, and certain themes will be elaborated further. Concerning Fröbel, like two other great classical figures of pedagogy, Rousseau and Pestalozzi, the direct references remain thin, and only show a distant relationship, sometimes relying solely on the "libertarian, spontaneist and permissive" aspect (cf. Scocchera , 2000, p. XXXIV) of the pedagogy of the children's home. Other names, such as those of Pereira, Itard or Séguin, enjoy at first sight a different prestige.]

Language: French

DOI: 10.3917/etsoc.175.0011

ISSN: 0014-2204