The Montessori Method

Gerald Lee Gutek

doi:10.5771/9781417503490

Summary

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 The book concludes with key historical documents, including disciple Anne E. George's notes on the Montessori lectures and William H. Kilpatrick's critique of the Montessori method.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.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2004
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-1912-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4175-0349-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 295
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Editor's Note No access
Introduction: A Biography of Montessori and an Analysis of the Montessori Method No access Pages 1 - 66
1. 1 A Critical Consideration of the New Pedagogy in Its Relation to Modem Science No access
2. 2 History of Methods No access
3. 3 Inaugural Address Delivered on the Occasion of the Opening of One of the "Children's Houses" No access
4. 4 Pedagogical Methods Used in the "Children's Houses" No access
5. 5 Discipline No access
6. 6 How the Lessons Should Be Given No access
7. 7 Exercises of Practical Life No access
8. 8 Refection—The Child's Diet No access
9. 9 Muscular Education—Gymnastics No access
10. 10 Nature in Education—Agricultural Labor: Culture of Plants and Animals No access
11. 11 Manual Labor—The Potter's Art and Building No access
12. 12 Education of the Senses No access
13. 13 Education of the Senses and Illustrations of the Didactic Material: General Sensibility; the Tactile, Thermic, Baric, and Stereognostic Senses No access
14. 14 General Notes on the Education of the Senses No access
15. 15 Intellectual Education No access
16. 16 Methods for the Teaching of Reading and Writing No access
17. 17 Description of the Method and Didactic Material Used No access
18. 18 Language in Childhood No access
19. 19 Teaching of Numeration: Introduction to Arithmetic No access
20. 20 Sequence of Exercises No access
21. 21 General Review of Discipline No access
22. 22 Conclusions and Impressions No access
1. 23 Interpretation of Montessori's Lecture Translated by Anne E. George No access
2. 24 Excerpts from The Montessori System Examined William H. Kilpatrick No access
Appendix No access Pages 279 - 282
Bibliography No access Pages 283 - 284
Index No access Pages 285 - 294
About the Editor No access Pages 295 - 295