The story begins with 6-year-old Maria attending a public primary ... Montesano, who wanted to recognize and raise his son, hoped Montessori would eventually marry him. When it became clear ...

Italian educator Maria Montessori in Rome in 1951 ... in children stemmed from a prolonged estrangement from her young son: Conceived out of wedlock, the child was raised primarily at boarding ...

"Maria Montessori's family were always extremely ... and in 1934 Montessori and her son decided leave Italy. She would only return to her homeland in 1947, and she continued to write about and ...

When Maria Montessori landed in Madras (now Chennai ... and intellectual exchange. With her was her son and collaborator, Mario Montessori. India was only supposed to be one stop on her ...

their activities can be traced back a century to Maria Montessori’s radical educational philosophy. One of the first female physicians in Italy, Montessori developed early-childhood teaching ...