FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE

by Maria Montessori ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 17, 1973

Maria Montessori, best known for her work with nursery schoolers, not unexpectedly has a blue-print for later stages -- she sees development as an organic metamorphosis (beginning with The Discovery of a Child), and believes that ""life must be the focal point and education the means"" for the gradual development of the personality. For seven to eleven year-olds schools should open a previously closed environment by emphasizing exploration, the child's imagination, precision and a comprehension of the whole (more practically -- science and nature study); adolescents -- twelve to eighteen years-old -- should combine study, work and a paying job in a farm-like rural setting; the university should offer adults a continuing life-long education. This regimen, of course, undermines the current lockstep of the educational establishment, suggesting de-schooling -- an unlikely event. Montessorians, however, will test the models.

Pub Date: Sept. 17, 1973

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Publisher: Schocken

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1973

Categories: NONFICTION