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Task 2 M3 LA3

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn.

She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. Subsequently, she traveled the world and wrote extensively about her approach to education, attracting many devotees. There are now more than 22,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide.

Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in the provincial town of Chiaravalle, Italy. She was well-schooled and an avid reader—unusual for Italian women of that time. The same thirst for knowledge took root in young Maria, and she immersed herself in many fields of study before creating the educational method that bears her name. Maria was a sterling student, confident, ambitious, and unwilling to be limited by traditional expectations for women. When she graduated from medical school in 1896, she was among Italy’s first female physicians.

Maria’s early medical practice focused on psychiatry. She also developed an interest in education, attending classes on pedagogy and immersing herself in educational theory. Her studies led her to observe, and call into question, the prevailing methods of teaching children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 1907 Maria accepted a new challenge to open a childcare center in a poor inner-city district. Utilizing scientific observation and experience gained from her earlier work with young children, Maria designed learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn. News of the school’s success soon spread through Italy and by 1910 Montessori schools were acclaimed worldwide.

As a public figure, Maria also campaigned vigorously on behalf of women’s rights. She wrote and spoke frequently on the need for greater opportunities for women, and was recognized in Italy and beyond as a leading feminist voice. Maria Montessori pursued her ideals in turbulent times. Living through war and political upheaval inspired her to add peace education to the Montessori curriculum. But she could do little to avoid being ensnared in world events. Traveling in India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out, she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war. At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.

(https://amshq.org/Montessori-Education/History-of-Montessori-Education/Biography-of-Maria-Montessori)

Task 2a

Fill in the story elements of “Maria Montessori “ in the table of Task 2a.

Orientation	Events	Reorientation
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn	She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. Subsequently, she traveled the world and wrote extensively about her approach to education, attracting many devotees. There are now more than 22,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide.	As a public figure, Maria also campaigned vigorously on behalf of women’s rights. She wrote and spoke frequently on the need for greater opportunities for women, and was recognized in Italy and beyond as a leading feminist voice. Maria Montessori pursued her ideals in turbulent times. Living through war and political upheaval inspired her to add peace education to the Montessori curriculum. But she could do little to avoid being ensnared in world events. Traveling in India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out, she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war. At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.
	Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in the provincial town of Chiaravalle, Italy. She was well-schooled and an avid reader—unusual for Italian women of that time. The same thirst for knowledge took root in young Maria, and she immersed herself in many fields of study before creating the educational method that bears her name. Maria was a sterling student, confident, ambitious, and unwilling to be limited by traditional expectations for women. When she graduated from medical school in 1896, she was among Italy’s first female physicians
	Maria’s early medical practice focused on psychiatry. She also developed an interest in education, attending classes on pedagogy and immersing herself in educational theory. Her studies led her to observe, and call into question, the prevailing methods of teaching children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 1907 Maria accepted a new challenge to open a childcare center in a poor inner-city district. Utilizing scientific observation and experience gained from her earlier work with young children, Maria designed learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn. News of the school’s success soon spread through Italy and by 1910 Montessori schools were acclaimed worldwide.

Task 2b

Answer these questions.

1.    What do the bolded words in the text mean?

I am sorry but I didn’t find any bold words in the text

2.    What moral value can you draw from the text?

Moral value from that I can draw from the text is the efforts of Maria for education by designing learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn and her campaign for women’s rights.

3.    How did Maria manage the struggle in difficult times?

She made a traveling to India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out, she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war

4.    How did she end her life?

At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.

5.    Why do you think Maria’s story beneficial for education?

Because by the efforts of Maria for education in designing learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn and her campaign for women’s rights. Now it is very useful. Children can learn in accordance their desire and not only men who have rights to learn but also the women.