The Montessori method : scientific pedagogy as applied to child education in "The children's houses" with additions and revisions by the author / by Maria Montessori ; translator from the Italian by Anne E. George ; with an introduction by professor Henry W. Holmes ... ; with thirty-two illustrations from photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952, author.

Contributor:

George, Anne E., translator.

Holmes, Henry W. (Henry Wyman), 1880-1960.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Montessori method of education.

Education.

Medical Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"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).

"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).

Notes:

Contains two new chapters not in the original Italian edition of 1909.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2011 dcunns

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