Montessori The Science Behind the Genius

Name: Montessori The Science Behind the Genius
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ISBN: 9780195168686

ISBN-10: 0195168682

ISBN-13: 9780195168686

Edition: 2005 (Reprint)

Authors: Angeline Stoll Lillard, An Vu

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Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children's learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. School reforms repeatedly fail by not penetrating these models. One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. Does Montessori education provide a viable alternative to traditional schooling? Do Dr. Montessori's theories and practices stand up to the scrutiny of modern-day developmental psychology? Can developmental psychology tell us anything about how and why Montessori methods…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/10/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




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