Montessori education
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The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that encourages children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emp
Traditional Montessori educational materials on display at the exhibition "Designed for children" at Triennale di Milano, Milan
Children working with a moveable alphabet at a Montessori school
The Scarborough School at the Edward Harden Mansion in Sleepy Hollow, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the first American Montessori school in 1911
A Montessori classroom in the United States
Pedagogy
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Pedagogy, most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological
Montessori education
…and specialized in psychiatry and pediatrics. Maria Montessori began developing her educational philosophy and methods in 1897, attending courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome and learning educational theory. While visiting Rome's mental asylums during her schooling with a teacher, Montessori observed…
Woman teaching geometry (detail of a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Adelard of Bath)
Germany: A kindergarten teacher facilitates play for a group of children (1960).