Talk:Maria Montessori
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[edit] Needs work
This page could use some significant editing, which I'll try to do when I have time. It contains a number of misinterpretations and factual inaccuracies.MatthewDBA
[edit] maria montessori and the italien fascism
its a fact that there is a close n between montessori and the fascism, but is montesorris concept itself fascistic?
- As a former Montessori method student I can pretty safely say that it's not. — JIP | Talk 12:27, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
- As a current Montessori student, I can back that up. DTPQueen 23:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- Montessori was not in Italy much during the 30's and 40's, she moved her base of operations out of Italy in the early 30's in part because of the problems with the fascist govt. A cursory reading of Montessori's writings will show that she expressly wants to develop the unique individual and not create one who simply follows a leader. Rearden9 15:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- I know I'm pretty much reviving a dead topic, but I'd like to add that Dr. Montessori was exiled from Italy (according to my teacher, who is an expert on Montessori) around the time of the fascism. 68.117.222.56 02:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Montessori was not in Italy much during the 30's and 40's, she moved her base of operations out of Italy in the early 30's in part because of the problems with the fascist govt. A cursory reading of Montessori's writings will show that she expressly wants to develop the unique individual and not create one who simply follows a leader. Rearden9 15:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] California
Is it helpful to observe that there are three Montessori schools in California? I went to one in Minnesota, but somehow neither fact illuminates whatever global influence her methods have attained. Msr657 05:31, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Casa dei Bambini
I am not positive, but I think the phrase "Casa dei Bambini" should be Casa di Bambini. Dei in latin is God, di in Italian is used as of or for. Pjanini1 15:51, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Casa DEI Bambini is correct. Casa di Bambini would mean House of Children as opposed to "House of the Children"
DEI means "of the", DI+I=DEI It's called a 'preposizione articolata' (preposition with article) in Italian. 'Dei' means 'gods' (plural) as well, but the vowel E is pronounced slightly differently.
[edit] More info on early life
- Montessori was the first female Italian physician in the modern era. As such, she was given a "menial" task: to try to educate the "mentally retarded" and the "uneducable" in Rome.
This says so much, but informs so little. What is the "non-modern" era implicit here? Were there female Italian physicians before her? Did she want to do "less menial" tasks, but was prevented? If so, by whom? What were these other tasks that were denied her? It would also appear from this that she was actually prevented from practicing medicine and forced to teach. Is that so? Would no patient go to see her? I don't see, from this article's information, how she could have been stopped from treating sick patients, unless she was stripped of her degree? I understand and agree that sexism would have prevented many women from achieving their dreams - but, in her specific case, how did this manifest?
Don't get me wrong. I'm not denying the contents of the article. I'd just like to see a better article written by people with more than my little knowledge of her life - I'm curious to know more! :) --NightMonkey 19:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Duplicate
The section on Pedagogy is an exact duplicate of the same section in Montessori method -- Peter 14:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
The "Career" section should be merged with the short biography in the intro. This includes wikifying the text. GhePeU 10:21, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright problems
This article has been copied from different sources which hold copyright. They are:
This was a nice article but can't remain as is unless someone can point out why it is not a copyvio. --Brad101 00:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have deleted all edits after the "Career" section was introduced. As for the Italylink.com page, it appears to be a scraper site, with little to no original content. The sections in question were written by multiple people and had revisions that would not be present if the text was copied (ex. [1]). All the articles I saw on Italylink.com were ripped from Wikipedia. Evil saltine 06:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
--84.188.54.149 13:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Maria Montessori's Catholicism
To mention Montessori as a "feminist", but to make no mention of her being a devout Catholic seems odd. Montessori would not have described herself as a "feminist", but she would have made no qualms about being a devout Catholic.
[edit] “Maximal decisions”?
“Children as competent beings, encouraged to make maximal decisions.” What is a maximal decision? Does this pedagogy explicitly discourage minimal decisions? What about medium-sized decisions?
- Good point, we should definitely include something about medium-sized decisions. johnpseudo 16:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
In general, the article does not inform as to specific techniques practiced by the Montessori schools.
