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
responsibility survival abandoned
A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival.
spiritual teacher children
One who has drunk at the fountain of spiritual happiness says good-by of his own accord to the satisfactions that come from a higher professional status ... What is the greatest sign of success for a teacher thus transformed? It is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist.
spiritual lying men
Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society ...
education personality use
The aim of education should not be to teach how to use human energies to improve the environment, for we are finally beginning to realize that the cornerstone of education is the development of the human personality, and that in this regard education is of immediate importance for the salvation of mankind.
independent order independence
Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.
use lag development
For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
effort wonder individual
It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.
firsts intellect senses
First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.
independent reality independence
No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence...
growing-up children bears
No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.
teacher firsts tasks
The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
education tasks arbitrary
If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
teacher children school
The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.
hands mind organs
The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.