Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator who developed an influential method of education. She observed that children are naturally eager for knowledge and capable of teaching themselves under the right conditions. She developed hands-on learning materials and an emphasis on independence, respect, and freedom within limits. Montessori's method spread rapidly in the early 1900s and is now practiced in over 20,000 schools worldwide.

1. DR.MARIA MONTESSORI.
PRESENTED BY :
POONAM.R.JAMAKHANDI.
MBA 2ND SEM.

2. CONTENTS
• QUICK FACTS.
• EARLY EDUCATION.
• SECONDARY EDUCATION.
• EARLY CAREER .
• SPREAD OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN
ITALY.
• MONTESSORI IN INDIA.
• ACHIEVEMENTS.
• CONCLUSION.
• REFERENCES.
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3. QUICK FACTS OF MARIA
MONTESSORI.
• NAME Maria Montessori
• BIRTH DATE AUGUST 31,1870.
• PLACE OF BIRTH Chiaravalle Italy
• FATHER Alessandro Montessori
official of the Ministry of Finance
local state-run tobacco factory.
• MOTHER Renilde
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4. QUICK FACTS OF MARIA
MONTESSORI CONTD…
• EDUCATION University of ROME
• OCCUPATION Physician, Educator
• DEATH DATE May 6, 1952
• PLACE OF DEATH Netherlands
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5. Early education
• Public elementary school at the age of 6 in 1876.
• School record was “not particularly noteworthy”.
• Award of certificates .
• At the age of 13, Montessori entered technical
school.
• Two foreign languages.
• Especially science and mathematics.
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6. Secondary Education
• Initially intended to pursue the study of engineering
upon graduation .
• She certified in physics, mathematics.
• She had decided to study medicine .
• Initially head of medical college refused for Maria’s
admission.
• Anyhow she joined to medical college.
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7. Secondary Education contd..
• Became an expert in pediatric medicine.
• Montessori graduated from the University of Rome in
1896 as a doctor of medicine.
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8. Early career
• She worked with and researched so-called
"phrenasthenic" children.
• Orthophrenic School, a institute in educating mentally
disabled children .
• Turned uneducable ,abnormal children to normal.
• Equipped with a table and blackboard, small chairs
and group tables for the children
• For the children included personal care such as
dusting and sweeping, and caring for the garden.
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9. Spread of Montessori education in
Italy
• In 1909, Montessori held the first teacher training
course in her new method in Città di Castello, Italy.
• She described her observations and methods in a
book .
• By the end of 1911, Montessori education had been
officially adopted in public schools in Italy
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10. International Recognition.
• Montessori's work began to attract the attention of
international observers and visitors.
• Her work was widely published internationally, and
spread rapidly.
• Argentina, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Switzerland, Syria, the United States, and
New Zealand.
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11. Montessori in India.
• An interest in Montessori had existed in India since
1913, when an Indian student attended the first
international course in Rome
• Students throughout the 1920s and 1930s had come
back to India to start schools and promote Montessori
education.
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12. Montessori in India contd..
• Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore had founded many
"Tagore-Montessori" schools in India.
• Montessori education was strongly represented at the
International Congress in 1929.
• Montessori herself had been personally associated
with the Theosophical Society since 1907.
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13. Achievements.
• Published different books ,articles in Italian language.
• In English.
• Different languages.
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14. Conclusion
• Some entrepreneurs are not only profit oriented they
also think about the growth of the society .
• Here for the welfare of children Montessorri worked
hard and she succeeded in that .
• Now it is spread all over the world and widely
used .
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15. REFERENCES.
[1] www.google.com
[2] www.wikipedia.org
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