News Erica Moretti's Book Shortlisted for Prize The Best Weapon for Peace—Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights by Erica Moretti has been shortlisted for the Laura Shannon Prize in Modern European History 2024. This Prize is recognised internationally as one of the leading book prizes in the fi...
News Maria Montessori La Nouvelle Femme The AMI team in Amsterdam was invited to watch the screening and meet with the director of the upcoming movie Maria Montessori La Nouvelle Femme. The film, directed by Léa Todorov, is set at the beginning of the 20th century. Lili d’Alengy is at the height of ...
Page Home The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) was founded by Maria Montessori in 1929 in order to continue her work and ensure the Montessori approach remained relevant for future generations. To this end, the AMI Montessori Archives has been established to ...
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 43/3 09 History: Human Solidarity: Man Whither Bound "To Educate the Human Potential" by Maria Montessori, first released in 1948, conveyed the Montessori theme of human solidarity as a unifying force for human history and integrated the sciences of geography, chemistry, biology, and physics. The concluding…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 43/3 07 The Anthropocene: Threshold 8 "In the twentieth century, we humans began to transform our surroundings, our societies, and even ourselves. Without really intending to, we have introduced changes so rapid and so massive that our species has become the equivalent of a new geological force…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 43/3 08 Living by Gaia The 2018 Cleveland conference screened a documentary film titled "Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution." NAMTA conference participants enjoyed this memorable premier event in honor of Lynn Margulis, her…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 43/3 05 Of Natural Science, Women's History, and Montessori's Theory of Knowledge Kathleen Allen's reverence for the stories of women naturalists spanning from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and their parallel scientific interest in the documentation of life cycles through art and narratives, gives support to the child in…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 43/3 03 The (Missing) Politics in Environmental and Sustainability Education David Orr suggests that environmentalist and peace educators must teach civics, law, government, and political history to deeply cultivate an understanding of the influences and policies that create and perpetuate environmental destruction and humanitarian…
