Montessori Education System

History

Maria Montessori

Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori (August 31, 1870 - May 6, 1952) was a physician and educator. Maria Montessori's educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world.

Birth and Family

Montessori was born in Italy. Montessori's father, Alessandro Montessori was an official of the Ministry of  Finance in the local state-run tobacco factory. Her mother Renilde Stoppani was well educated and was also the great niece of Italian geologist and paleontologist. While she did not have any particular mentor, she was very close to her mother who encouraged her . Maria Montessori also had a loving relationship with her father, although he disagreed with her choice to continue her education.

Early Education

The Montessori family moved to Florence in 1873 and then to Rome in 1875 because of her father's work. Montessori entered a public elementary school at the age of 6 in 1876. Her early school record was "not particularly noteworthy", although she was awarded certificates for good behavior in the 1st grade and for "lavori donneschi", or "women's work", the next year.

 Secondary School

In 1883 or 1884, at the age of 13, Maria Montessori entered a secondary, technical school Regia Scuola Technica Michelangelo Buonarroti, where she studied Italian, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, accounting,history,geography and sciences. She graduated in 1886 with good grades and examination results.

University of Rome- Medical School

Maria Montessori moved forward with her intention to study medicine. She appealed to Guido Baccelli, the professor of clinical medicine at the University of Rome, but was strongly discouraged. In 1890, Montessori enrolled in the University of Rome in a degree course in natural son "Sciences.This degree along with the additional degrees in Italian and Latin qualified Maria Montessori for her entrance into the medical program at the University in 1893 and Montessori graduated from the Montessori graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 as a doctor of medicine.

Early career

From 1896 - 1901, Maria Montessori worked and researched on "Neurasthenic" children. In recent terms, children having some kind of mental disabilities. Maria Montessori traveled, researched for women's rights and education for mentally disabled children.