The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori
Describes her work at the Casa dei Bambini in Rome, where she found that young children, given freedom in a prepared environment with self-correcting materials, taught themselves including reading and writing at ages 4–5. It argued children learn best through independent, self-directed activity rather than rote instruction and discipline, and that the teacher's role is to observe and guide, not lecture. She was a physician, and the book applied observational science to pedagogy, hence the original title, "scientific pedagogy." It launched a worldwide movement; thousands of Montessori schools still operate on its principles.
Fifth printing 1965 of first edition in by Schocken
This is State University, Fullerton Library copy with punch card insert and check in stamps over the years
The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori
Describes her work at the Casa dei Bambini in Rome, where she found that young children, given freedom in a prepared environment with self-correcting materials, taught themselves including reading and writing at ages 4–5. It argued children learn best through independent, self-directed activity rather than rote instruction and discipline, and that the teacher's role is to observe and guide, not lecture. She was a physician, and the book applied observational science to pedagogy, hence the original title, "scientific pedagogy." It launched a worldwide movement; thousands of Montessori schools still operate on its principles.
Fifth printing 1965 of first edition in by Schocken
This is State University, Fullerton Library copy with punch card insert and check in stamps over the years
