America's Early Montessorians

Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle

Gerald L Gutek author Patricia A Gutek author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:6th Sep '21

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This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle. Caught up in the Montessori craze sweeping the United States in the Progressive era, each played a significant role in the initial transference of Montessori education to America and its implementation from 1910 to 1920. Despite the continuing international recognition of Maria Montessori and the presence of Montessori schools world-wide, Montessori receives only cursory mention in the history of education, especially by recognized historians in the field and in courses in professional education and teacher preparation. The authors, in seeking to fill this historical void, integrate institutional history with analysis of the interplay and tensions between these four women to tell this educational story in an interesting—and often dramatic—way.    

“The new volume is an impressive compendium of archival research, consolidating and critiquing past scholarship, yet woven through an entertaining sequence of biography and narrative. It will appeal to readers on all those levels.” (Peter Cunningham, Educational Review, February 11, 2021)

ISBN: 9783030548377

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 427g

307 pages