“The Child Is the Teacher” repeatedly evokes this tension between “Montessorism” as something of a social justice movement, aimed at empowering society’s most neglected through education, and as an educational strategy deployed largely to benefit society’s most privileged. ...
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Publications
Center for Montessori Research houses research bibliography
The Montessori Bibliography Online makes information about Montessori and the Montessori movement more accessible through an online interface, including links to digitized source materials. ...
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Publication: Reading builds resilience among at-risk children
New research from University of South Australia shows that reading aloud can triple a child's resilience at school, particularly for children at-risk. ...
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Opinion: “A starting point for dialogue”
While I have not yet read the newest biography of Maria Montessori, The Child is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori by Cristina De Stefano (published March 8, 2022 by Other Press), the buzz emanating from the New Yorker magazine review by executive editor Jessica Winter has certainly saturated my social media thread of late.
It is ...
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Trust for Learning publishes Ideal Learning Environments for Young Children
Insights include play, decision making, personalized instruction, the teacher as guide, and the intentional learning environment ...
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