NAMTA Journal 20/3 04 The Organization of Intellectual Work in School

In The NAMTA Journal, Volume 20, Number 3, 1995, Summer

Section: Part I – Montessori in America, San Francisco, 1915

Pages: 21-28

This reprint of a 1915 conference paper discusses the role of preschool teachers in observing and analyzing their students' work under the Montessori method of child-centered, individualized, early-childhood education. It examines children's work cycle over the course of the day and the teachers' role in organizing intellectual work for their students.

Author(s)
Montessori, Maria

Publisher: North American Montessori Teachers' Association

Type of Resource: Article

Language: English

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