Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Editor's Note Chapter 2 Introduction: A Biography of Montessori and an Analysis of the Montessori Method Part 3 Part I: An Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method Chapter 4 A Critical Consideration Of The New Pedagogy In Its Relation To Modern Science Chapter 5 History Of Methods Chapter 6 Inaugural Address Delivered On The Occasion of the Opening of One of the "Children's Houses" Chapter 7 Pedagogical Methods Used In The "Children's Houses" Chapter 8 Discipline Chapter 9 How The Lesson Should Be Given Chapter 10 Exercises Of Practical Life Chapter 11 Refection—The Child's Diet Chapter 12 Muscular Education—Gymnastics Chapter 13 Nature In Education—Agricultural Labor: Culture Of Plants And Animals Chapter 14 Manual Labour—The Potter's Art and Building Chapter 15 Education Of The Senses Chapter 16 Education Of The Senses And Illustrations Of The Didactic Material: General Sensibility; the Tactile, Thermic, Baric, and Stereognostic Senses Chapter 17 General Note on The Education of The Senses Chapter 18 Intellectual Education Chapter 19 Methods For The Teaching of Reading and Writing Chapter 20 Description Of The Method and Didactic Material Used Chapter 21 Language In Childhood Chapter 22 Teaching of Numeration: Introduction to Arithmetic Chapter 23 Sequence of Exercises Chapter 24 General Review of Discipline Chapter 25 Conclusions and Impressions Part 26 Part II: Related Documents Chapter 27 Interpretation of Montessori's Lecture Chapter 28 Excerpts from The Montessori System Examined