Dr. Maria Montessori

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  • Dr. Maria Montessori Born

    Dr. Maria Montessori Born

    Born in Chiaravalle Italy

  • Moved to Rome

  • Maria Montessori enrolled in

    Via di San Nicola Tolentino
  • Period: to

    Studies to be an engineer not a teacher.

    Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Venci.

  • Enrolled at the University of Rome

    Maria studied physics, maths, and natural sciences

  • Maria Montessori became the first doctor in Italy

    Dr. Maria Montessori

  • Volunteered as a researcher at psychiatic clinic

    The clinic was at the university of Rome. Here she met her lover, Giusseppe Montesano.

  • Son, Mario, was born

  • Left orthophrenic school

    She took up her own studies of educational philosophy and anthropology

  • Eric Erickson

    Born in Frankfort Germany
  • Period: to

    Teacher at the Pedagogic School

    University of Rome

  • Casi dei Bambini

    First Montessori school

  • 5 Montessori schools

    4 in Rome and 1 in Milan

  • 1st training course to about 100 new Montessori teachers

    Notes from this training became Maria's first book which was published that same summer. 1912 this book was tanslated into English then into 20 different languages.

  • Maria's mother died

    The following year 1913 she brought her then 14 year old son, Mario, to live with her
  • Period: to

    WW1

  • Government support

    Maria accepted government support for her methods in Italy from dictator, Benito Mussolini.

  • All Montessori schools in Germany close

  • !st child analysts

    Eric Erikson became Boston's 1st child analyst and obetain a position in Harvard's medical school

  • Traveled to India

    Stayed seven years. Trained around 1,000 teachers

  • Eric Erikson became a U.S. citizen

    He was granted U.S. citizenship

  • Recieved her 1st of 3 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize

  • She attended the 9th International Montessori Congress

  • Maria died

    She died in the Netherlands. She was surrounded by her close friends and son, Mario.