Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessoriwas 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 some public and private schools throughout the world...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1870
CityMarche, Italy
CountryItaly
Maria Montessori quotes about
childhood firsts educator
This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
passion accomplishment persons
Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment.
birth
Education must start from birth.
method concentration parts-of-life
Concentration is a part of life. It is not the consequence of a method of education.
independence
He who is served is limited in his independence.
growth size transformation
Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.
adults environment missions
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.
educational thinking talking
When mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the mind.' And when we think of intellectual activity, we always imagine people sitting still, motionless. But mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.
choices process free-choice
Free choice is one of the highest of all the mental processes.
society steps helping
The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.
mind awakening firsts
Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.
leaving tasks educator
To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
teacher appreciation lying
To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.
discouragement conviction source
The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something