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  2. Montessori education - Wikipedia

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    Children working with a moveable alphabet at a Montessori school [ 1 ] The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. [ 2 ]

  3. Montessori in the United States - Wikipedia

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    After 1907, Maria Montessori 's work spread quickly all around the world, soon reaching the US, where many public figures—including Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel, Thomas Edison, and Woodrow Wilson —appreciated her work. [1][2][3] The Edward Harden Mansion in Sleepy Hollow, NY, home to the first U.S. Montessori school in 1911.

  4. John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

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    Society portal. v. t. e. John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After a six-year stint teaching elementary school in the 1950s, Holt wrote the book How Children Fail (1964), which ...

  5. Angeline Stoll Lillard - Wikipedia

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    Angeline Stoll Lillard. Dr. Angeline Stoll Lillard is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, where she directs the Early Development Laboratory, [ 1] one of four child development laboratories in the psychology department at the university. Lillard is an internationally recognized expert in Montessori education and the author ...

  6. The Discovery of the Child - Wikipedia

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    The Discovery of the Child is an essay by Italian pedagogist Maria Montessori (1870-1952), published in Italy in 1950, about the origin and features of the Montessori method, a teaching method invented by her and known worldwide. The book is nothing more than a rewrite of one of her previous books, which was published for the first time in 1909 ...

  7. Maria Montessori - Wikipedia

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    Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɔːr i / MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy.