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Maria Montessori
Portrait of Montessori, artist and date unknown
Born	Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (1870-08-31)31 August 1870 Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy
Died	6 May 1952(1952-05-06) (aged 81) Noordwijk, Netherlands
Resting place	Noordwijk, Netherlands
Education	University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School
Occupations	Physician educator
Known for	Founder of the Montessori method of education
Children	1
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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/\u02ccm\u0252nt\u026a\u02c8s\u0254\u02d0ri/ MON-tiss-OR-ee; Italian: [ma\u02c8ri\u02d0a montes\u02c8s\u0254\u02d0ri]; 31 August 1870 \u2013 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. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use today in many public and private schools globally.\n

v t e Philosophy of education
Philosophers	\n Dewey \n Freire \n Fr\u00f6bel \n Herbart \n Humboldt \n Locke \n Montessori \n Pestalozzi \n Piaget \n Rousseau \n Steiner \n Vygotsky \n more... \n
Concepts	\n Active learning \n Student-centred learning \n
What to teach	\n Classicism \n Contemplative education \n Critical pedagogy \n Critical theory \n Critical thinking \n Democratic education \n Educational essentialism \n Educational existentialism \n Educational perennialism \n Idealism \n Popular education \n Pragmatism \n Progressive education \n Realism \n Social reconstructionism \n Theism \n
How and whom to teach	\n Behaviorism \n Cognitivism \n Compulsory education \n Constructivism \n Criticism of schooling \n Humanism \n Montessori education \n Unschooling \n Waldorf education \n
Related	\n Cognitive science \n Psychology \n
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Life and career

Birth and family

1883\u20131896: Education

Early education

Secondary school

University of Rome\u2014Medical school

1896\u20131901: Early career and family

Work with children with learning difficulties

Public advocacy

Orthophrenic School

1901\u20131906: Further studies

1906\u20131911: Casa dei Bambini and the spread of Montessori's ideas

The first Casa

Spread of Montessori education in Italy

1909\u20131915: International recognition and growth of Montessori education

Montessori in the United States

1915\u20131939: Further development of Montessori education

Spain (1915\u20131936)

Netherlands (1917\u20131936)

United Kingdom (1919\u20131936)

Italy (1922\u20131934)

Other countries

The Association Montessori Internationale

Peace

Laren, the Netherlands (1936\u20131939)

1939\u20131946: Montessori in India

Internment in India

Elementary material, cosmic education, and lessons on early childhood

1946\u20131952: Final years

Death

Educational philosophy and pedagogy

Early influences

Scientific pedagogy

Casa dei Bambini

Further development and Montessori education today

Montessori method

Legacy

Works

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

Maria Montessori

Talks

General Forum