Why Montessori?
Maria Montessori created her method of education after several years of
working with children with mental problems and at a social disadvantage so they
did not have access to the official education system. She was influenced by the
educational approaches of the time, such as those of Jean Itard, French
physician-pedagogue pioneer of special education, Edward Seguin, French doctor
who worked with disabled children in France and the United States, and Federico
Froebel, Christian and German pedagogue who created preschool education and
developed the concept of kindergarten.
I knew the Montessori methodology in 1991. Her methodology based on a
philosophy and vision of the child as a spiritual entity is what
caught my attention. Although Dr. Montessori grew up in a Catholic family, (we
assumed that she herself was Catholic) we must recognize that her way of seeing
the spiritual reality of the human being was influenced by Theosophy, a
pseudo-philosophical movement that she met in England in the year 1907. (see
the links) When I read about this I felt sad and disappointed, but I understood her because I, like her, was searching the Truth in different ways. I hope that
she was able to find the Truth before she died, the only truth, that of our
Lord and Savior Jesus of Nazareth.
We decided to assume this educational method because despite the
theosophical background of its philosophy, we recognize in Montessori her
contributions as pedagogue, the materials that she created, taking into account
the periods of development of the child, the importance of the prepared
environment, the role of the teacher's guidance and of course the integral
vision of the child to be able to educate him in the development of his potentialities
from a spiritual perspective already assumed by us as a Christian.
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no
one comes to the Father, but by me. John 14: 6 (NKJV)
http://www.totustuustools.net/educazione/montessori_scarafia.htm
http://www.teosofica.org/it/news/notizie/una-donna-straordinaria-maria-montessori,3,816
http://teosofia-una.blogspot.com/2010/06/montessori-y-la-sociedad-teosofica.html
http://teosofia-una.blogspot.com/2010/06/montessori-y-la-sociedad-teosofica.html
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