The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation: Including an Abridged and Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method

by Gerald Lee Gutek

Overview

An essential resource for all students and scholars of early childhood education, this book offers a rich array of material about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. Distinguished education scholar Gerald Gutek begins with an in-depth biography of Montessori, exploring how a determined young woman overcame the obstacles that blocked her educational and career opportunities in Italy during the late Victorian age. The author then analyzes the sources and influences that shaped the Montessori philosophy of education. After laying the foundation for Montessori's development, Gutek presents an annotated and abridged edition of The Montessori Method (1912), the seminal work that introduced her educational innovations to a U.S. audience. The book concludes with key historical documents, including disciple Anne E. George's notes on the Montessori lectures and William H. Kilpatrick's critique of the Montessori method. Preserving the historical context of Montessori's contribution, Gutek also shows the continuing relevance of her thought to educational reform in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781417503490
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/05/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Gerald Lee Gutek is professor emeritus at Loyola University. In 1989, he was the Loyola University of Chicago Outstanding Faculty member. Among his books are A History of the Western Educational Experience (1995), Philosophical and Ideological Perspectives on Education (1997), American Education 1945D2000: A History and Commentary (2000), and Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education: A Biographical Introduction (2000).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Editor's Note
Chapter 2 Introduction: A Biography of Montessori and an Analysis of the Montessori Method
Chapter 3
Chapter I: An Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method
Chapter 4 A Critical Consideration Of The New Pedagogy In Its Relation To Modern Science
Chapter 5 History Of Methods
Chapter 6 Inaugural Address Delivered On The Occasion of the Opening of One of the Children's Houses
Chapter 7 Pedagogical Methods Used In The Children's Houses
Chapter 8 Discipline
Chapter 9 How The Lesson Should Be Given
Chapter 10 Exercises Of Practical Life
Chapter 11 Refection?The Child's Diet
Chapter 12 Muscular Education?Gymnastics
Chapter 13 Nature In Education?Agricultural Labor: Culture Of Plants And Animals
Chapter 14 Manual Labour?The Potter's Art and Building
Chapter 15 Education Of The Senses
Chapter 16 Education Of The Senses And Illustrations Of The Didactic Material: General Sensibility; the Tactile, Thermic, Baric, and Stereognostic Senses
Chapter 17 General Note on The Education of The Senses
Chapter 18 Intellectual Education
Chapter 19 Methods For The Teaching of Reading and Writing
Chapter 20 Description Of The Method and Didactic Material Used
Chapter 21 Language In Childhood
Chapter 22 Teaching of Numeration: Introduction to Arithmetic
Chapter 23 Sequence of Exercises
Chapter 24 General Review of Discipline
Chapter 25 Conclusions and Impressions
Chapter 26
Chapter II: Related Documents
Chapter 27 Interpretation of Montessori's Lecture
Chapter 28 Excerpts from The Montessori System Examined

Editorial Reviews

An outstanding contribution. Gutek has given us a treasure trove of information and insights to be mined over and over again. The Montessori Method is required reading for the college student who wants to find out more about this important figure in twentieth-century education reform, as well as for the scholar seeking original sources for Montessori research.

James C. Moses

An outstanding contribution. Gutek has given us a treasure trove of information and insights to be mined over and over again. The Montessori Method is required reading for the college student who wants to find out more about this important figure in twentieth-century education reform, as well as for the scholar seeking original sources for Montessori research.--James C. Moses, Lewis University

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