Maria Montessori : a critical introduction to key themes and debates /: a critical introduction to key themes and debates. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marion O'Donnell.
• Other Names: O'Donnell, Marion
• Contents: 1. The Foundations of Montessori Education -- Nurture and nature -- Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1775-1838) -- Adhered Seguin (1812-1880) -- Giuseppe Sergi (1841-1936) -- 2. Montessori and the First Children's House -- The first experiment -- What was new in the Montessori method? -- Relationship to current issues -- Learning to write and read -- Beginning handwriting -- Beginning reading -- Mathematics -- Implications for education -- Relation to current issues and research -- 3. Teacher Training and the Early Dissemination of Montessori Education -- Teacher training -- Preparation of a new directress/researcher -- Critics and supporters -- Dissemination of Montessori education -- 4. Montessori and Child Development -- Planes of development -- Understanding development of the whole child, a personality -- Connectionists -- how children learn -- Developmental curriculum -- Cosmic education (6-12 years) use of imagination -- 5. Montessori, the Teacher and the Prepared Environment -- Critics and supporters -- The Montessori directress -- Preparing the environment -- Social and emotional relationships -- 6. Montessori, Parents and the Home Environment -- Understanding child development -- Mental health -- Prizes and punishments -- In the home -- School/home relationships.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 196 pages)
• Subjects: 370.92; Educators -- Italy -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators; EDUCATION -- Comparative; EDUCATION -- History; Educators; Italy; Biographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Electronic books; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441186546; 1441186549; 9781441185389; 1441185380; 9781299104167; 1299104169
• Related ISBNs: 9781441172655; 1441172653; 9781441134721; 1441134727
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.