Maria Montessori's Life & Work

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  • Birth of Maria Montessori

    Born on August 31 in Chiaravalle, Ancona province, Italy.
    Attended a boy's school in Rome, with a science/ engineering emphasis.
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    Becoming a doctor

    • 1st woman to obtain a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rome.
    • Represents Italy at the International Women's Congress in Berlin; delivers address on rights of working women and equal pay for equal work.
    • Studies the writings of Fren doctors Itard and Seguin, who worked with children with disabilities.
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    Empowering Women

    • Attended women's congress in London; received by Queen Victoria.
    • Lectureship in hygiene and anthropology at the teacher training college for women in Rome.

  • Worked at the psychiatric clinic in Rome

    • Director of the Orthophrenic School, a model school for training teachers of children with developmental disabilities.
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    Second Degree in education, experimental psychology, and anthropology

    • Obtained second degrees at the University of Rome.
    • Lectured in anthropology and biology at the University of Rome's school of education.
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    Pedagogical Anthropology

    • Clinical observations of pupils in Rome's elementary schools.
    • Lectures became the basis of her book " Pedagogical Anthropology".

  • First Children's House (Casa Dei Bambini)

  • The Montessori Method

    • 1st training course.
    • 2 parallel teacher training courses were held in Rome, with a model Children's House.

  • Devote Entirely on Education

    • Models schools set up in Paris, New York, and Boston.
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    1st International training Course & Montessori Education Association

    • Ran the 1st International Training Course in Rome.
    • Montessori Education Association founded in the U.S.
    • 2nd International training course in Rome (1914).

  • Model Montessori School & Children's chapel in Barcelona.

    • held 4th International Training Course in Barcelona.
    • 4th book: " The Advanced Montessori Method".
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    Standard Format of Montessori Training

    • 50 hours of lectures, 50 hours of teaching using the materials, 50 hours of observation of Montessori classes.
    • Training courses in London and Milan (1921).
    • Training courses in London and the Netherlands (1923).

  • "Education and Peace"

    • Visited Argentina.
    • Spoke on "Education and Peace" at the League of Nations in Geneva.

  • The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

    • A Montessori teacher training centre with a model Montessori school is built in Rome.
    • AMI headquarter in Berlin till 1935.

  • Closed of Montessori School in Germany

    • The Nazis systematically destroy the Montessori movement in Germany.
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    International Montessori Congress

    • AMI moved from Berlin to the Netherlands.
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    Departed for India

    • 3 months training with Theosophical Society.
    • World War 2 in 1940, prohibited Montesooris to leave the country till the end of the war in 1946.
    • Returned to India for a training course in 1947.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    • 1st nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, again in 1950 and 1951.
    • 80th birthday in 1950
    • Last training course ran by Maria Montessori in Innsbruck, Austria.
    • Maria Montessori died on May 6, 1952, in Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands.