Maria Montessori

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Impact and significance

Her method changed the teacher's role from constant direction toward observation and guided support, giving schools a practical model for organising children's learning.

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Works in the archive

• The Montessori Method (1909)
• The Secret of Childhood (1936)
• The Absorbent Mind (1949)

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Sources and access

• Association Montessori Internationale. Biography of Maria Montessori.

  Medical education, graduation in 1896 and educational work

• Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Longmans, Green, 1936.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.
• Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Frederick A. Stokes, 1912.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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