En el 150 aniversario de su nacimiento, la apasionante biografia de Maria Montessori: una pionera del feminismo y de las nuevas pedagogias cuyo metodo esta hoy mas vivo que nunca.
Maria Montessori (1870-1952) fue una de las mujeres mas influyentes de su epoca. Su formacion multidisciplinar -en medicina, biologia, antropologia y filosofia- y su pionera defensa de la igualdad de genero le permitieron concebir la educacion desde una perspectiva inedita que ponia el foco en el nino, en dejarle espacio y estimularlo segun sus necesidades, confiando en su capacidad para aprender por curiosidad y no por imposicion. Comenzo su proyecto pedagogico en una escuela del barrio de San Lorenzo, una de las zonas mas pobres de Roma. Pronto el llamado milagro de San Lorenzo se extendio por Italia y el extranjero. Figura tan carismatica como polemica, su metodo de ensenanza sigue siendo hoy uno de los mas innovadores y prestigiosos.
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On the 150th anniversary of her birth, now available is Maria Montessori’s exciting biography: a pioneer of feminism and new pedagogies whose method is now more alive than ever.
Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was one of the most influential women of her time. Her multidisciplinary training -in medicine, biology, anthropology, and philosophy- and her revolutionary defense of gender equality allowed her to perceive education from an unprecedented perspective that focused on the child, giving them their own space and stimulating them according to their needs, and trusting their ability to learn out of curiosity rather than obligation. She started her pedagogical project in a school in the San Lorenzo neighborhood, one of the poorest areas in Rome. Soon the so-called miracle of San Lorenzo spread throughout Italy and abroad. As charismatic as she is controversial, her teaching method remains one of the most innovative and prestigious to date.
