Maria Montessori
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Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described the development of the child from birth onwards and...
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“Spontaneous Activity in Education” is a book written by Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori method of education. In this book, Montessori discusses the importance of children's natural desire to learn and how it can be fostered through the creation of a carefully prepared environment. She argues that children are capable of directing their own learning and that teachers should act as facilitators rather than direct instructors. Montessori...