The pedagogical approach, developed by Maria Montessori from her work with young children at Rome's Casa dei Bambini beginning in 1907, that organizes a carefully prepared environment so children can pursue self-directed, hands-on activity, guided rather than instructed by the teacher.
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Central QuestionHow can a prepared environment let a child's own natural drive to learn direct their own development, rather than a teacher's formal instruction? 1 Most Effective ForEarly childhood and elementary education, roughly birth to age twelve, where mixed-age classrooms and self-paced, hands-on materials let children work through developmental stages at their own rate. 2 Connections
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Association Montessori Internationale was founded by Maria Montessori herself to maintain and develop the Montessori approach worldwide.
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First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect
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encourages children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods
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students randomly assigned to Montessori schools scored higher on academic tests than peers assigned to traditional public schools
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occasionally referred to as scientific pedagogy (Montessori's own term)
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AMI was constituted in 1929, by Maria Montessori, to maintain and develop her pedagogy with the purpose of making it available to as many children as possible worldwide.
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The approach represents a significant departure from the classroom-based "Children's House" model, instead advocating for a rural, land-based environment where students engage in agricultural work and economic self-sufficiency.
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