Description - Maria Montessori: The Italian Doctor Who Revolutionized the Education Systems of the World by Michael Pollard
This series of short biographies covers the lives of 24 leading humanitarians, peacemakers and conservationists, all of whom have made a major contribution to the world around them. This book features the life of Dr Maria Montessori. When children went to school before the beginning of the 20th century, it was a strict, regimented place. Children were made to sit at desks in long rows, with the teacher at the front. Materials were limited and everything was learnt parrot-fashion, repeated after the teacher. When Maria Montessori became the first woman doctor in Italy, she was setting a precedent. She used that same intelligence and determination to transform the classroom into a place where children were thought of as "people" who both wanted to learn and had a great potential to do so. In 1907 Dr Montessori introduced the now familiar look of classrooms - the child-sized furniture, aprons, paints, sinks and toys. The changes that Maria made marked the start of the important world-wide progression in education and in the way that adults think of and treat young children today.
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