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The History Of Montessori Education

In 1907, Maria Montessori founded the firstteaching  methods  to  aspiring  educators.
Montessori school in Rome. Its overall
purpose was to give four to seven year oldIn the late 1960s, some parents started to
children from low-income families a full-daycall for the public schools in their local
educational  program.areas to offer the Montessori education model
for their elementary school children who had
The idea quickly developed and grew ingraduated from private Montessori
popularity and thus more Montessori schoolspre-schools.
were formed in Europe and India. It did not
take long for the school method to cross overThe public's rush of support was given a
to  the  United  States  of  America.boost by government funds being made
available for new Montessori programs
In fact, Montessori's teaching methodsstarting up in public school areas. Today,
created great interest in the United Statesover one hundred U.S. school districts have
from 1910 through 1920. Unfortunately,some  type  of  Montessori  program.
Montessori's methods seem to be largely
forgotten in the United States until the lateBut just why has Montessori become so popular
1950s.? Many believe it is due to the program's
ability to overcome three major problems that
It was around that time when a secondthe public school systems are still faced
Montessori movement started in America. Thiswith. While the public school system has been
time, the main focus was on a set of privateput into a state of upheaval, the Montessori
schools that served an almost entirelyschool  systems  have  flourished.
middle-class  population.
Using their unique teaching methods,
The Montessori educational system struggledMontessori students have demonstrated a
with it's own success when it started havingconsistently high level of reading
trouble finding enough teachers. In fact, itcomprehension and academic performance. In
took that teacher shortage to start thethe book "Montessori Parents Guide", we dive
creation of free-standing private Montessorideeper into how a Montessori program is
teacher training centers. Each of thesepowerfully unique and sets itself aside from
centers were not associated with any collegecurrent teaching methods.
or university and taught the Montessori



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