The Montessori method : scientific pedagogy as applied to child education in "The children's houses" with additions and revisions by the author /

"The Montessori method is the final result of years of experimental effort and the crystallization of these experiments in a program of education for normal children. This book outlines its outstanding characteristics and methods. To all educators this book should prove most interesting"--...

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Main Author: Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952
Other Authors: George, Anne Everett, 1882- (Translator), Holmes, Henry W. (Henry Wyman), 1880-1960
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York : Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1912.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The Montessori method is the final result of years of experimental effort and the crystallization of these experiments in a program of education for normal children. This book outlines its outstanding characteristics and methods. To all educators this book should prove most interesting"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
"This book is an English translation of the Italian edition of Maria Montessori's "Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all' educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini." The educational method for children of from three to six years set forth here is but the earnest of a work that, developing the same principle and method, shall cover in a like manner the successive stages of education"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Item Description:Contains two new chapters not in the original Italian edition of 1909.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii-xlii, 377 pages) : illustrations, forms
Also issued in print.