Tells the story of the life of Italy's first female physician and the creator of the Montessori method of education.
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Gr. 5^-7. Beginning with Montessori's childhood, this biography describes her struggle to become Italy's first female student of medicine, her development of a new method of education, and the challenges she faced as she traveled throughout the world to spread her way of teaching. In creating a verbal portrait of this forceful and complex woman, the informative text considers Montessori's flaws as well as her many strengths. Nearly every double-page spread includes at least one period photograph of Montessori, her associates, or children engaged in learning. Students will find this a serviceable biography of a significant figure in education. Carolyn Phelan
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The life of the ``Teacher of Teachers,'' the first female Italian doctor, who led, almost by accident, an education revolution, and who created in a Roman slum the teaching method that would become the basis for the system of Montessori schools. This engrossing biography of a giant in her field draws a picture of a brilliant woman devoted to work, whose iron determination overcame all obstacles. Though clearly admiring, Shephard deals with Montessori's problems as well as her triumphs, including her illegitimate son, and the time when her own ego and inflexibility interfered with the spread of her movement. The book focuses more on Montessori than her methods; thus several important pieces of equipment are mentioned without real explanation. But this is a fluent, readable work on an important figure often overlooked. (b&w photos, sources, bibliography, index) (Biography. 10-12) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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