Maria Montessori: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

E.M. Standing, Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work (1957, reissued 1998), discusses the principles of the Montessori method. Rita Kramer, Maria Montessori: A Biography (1976, reprinted 2005), discusses her life. Also recommended is Gerald Lee Gutek (ed.), The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation (2004), which includes annotations.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Maria Montessori. Nov 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 27, 2026
Add new Web site: Montessori Foundation - Dr. Maria Montessori: A Historical Perspective. Jun 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 02, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - Philippa Perry on the Italian educator Maria Montessori. Jan 25, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Women in History - Maria Montessori (PDF). Dec 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Roger Williams University - Digital Commons - Invisible Instruction: Exploring the Life and Work of Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method (PDF). Apr 30, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Biola University - Maria Montessori. Dec 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Carmel Montessori Academy & Children's House - Maria Montessori's Life and Work. Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Dr. Maria Montessori Biography. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Association Montessori Internationale - Biography of Maria Montessori. Apr 20, 2023
Links added. Feb 23, 2023
Add new Web site: StateUniversity.com - Maria Montessori. Mar 15, 2021
Add new Web site: Montessori Australia - Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori. Mar 07, 2019
Media added. Feb 06, 2019
Replaced "mentally retarded" with "intellectually disabled." Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: American Montessori Society - Who was Maria Montessori? Jan 20, 2017
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Maria Montessori. Apr 25, 2013
Revised introduction to remove "his." Mar 18, 2013
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Sep 15, 2010
Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Association Montessori Internationale. Jul 28, 2006
Added new Web site: The Philosophy & Practice of the Montessori Method of Education. Jun 29, 2006
Added new Web site: The Philosophy & Practice of the Montessori Method of Education. Jun 29, 2006
Bibliography revised. Jun 09, 2006
Added new Web site: The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori. Jun 02, 2006
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
Article added to new online database. Mar 21, 1999
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