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Montessori's discoveries link children's healthy development to constructing peaceful and healthy societies

Linking Montessori’s advocacy for children’s rights in her time, Ms Barrès discusses that still today ‘without peace, both “outer” and “inner” peace for...

Book Reviews: Hundert Jahre Montessori-Pädagogik-Eine Chronik der Montessori-Pädagogik in der Schweiz (a chronicle of Montessori Education in Switzerland)

In this new section pertinent publications are briefly reviewed. We start off with two centenary books: Hundert Jahre Montessori-Pädagogik—Eine Chronik der...

Book Reviews: Casa dei Bambini (1907-2007)

To introduce this new feature, Harald Ludwig gives some details on three Montessori dissertations—mostly empirically oriented.

New and Recent Studies Dissertations on Montessori

Editorial

To Maria Montessori it was self-evident that her approach to education had a scientific base: it clearly shows from the title of her first book on pedagogy (...

Montessori and Empirical Research-an Introduction

The author details how Maria Montessori set up an early research project at three Roman schools that was mainly anthropologically driven. It includes vivid...

Some Suggestions and Remarks upon Observing Children

Montessori elaborates on the crucial role of Observation. The article is the synthesis of two lectures on the 1921 London course.

Researching Montessori: What Matters and Why

Focusing on the United States, the article discusses two recent influential studies. The author makes a strong plea for new and broad research across various...

Recent Empirical Research on Montessori Education in Italy

Some recent pilot projects in Italy are discussed, among which “The Identity of the Montessori School” and “Learning to Learn in Montessori Schools.”

Recent Empirical Research on Montessori Education in Germany

With an introduction to VERA 2004, a comparative research project in German. The article also includes a summary of a study into furthering creativity through...