The Child, Society and the World

The Child, Society and the World
Author	The Child, Society and the World
Publisher	Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company
Published in English	2008
Pages	113

Previously unpublished speeches and writings of Maria Montessori.

Contents

1. To parents
   1. When your child knows better than you
   2. Let your child keep his secret
   3. Maturity theory
2. To teachers
   1. Concentration and the teacher
   2. Rules for the teacher of young children in the "Children's House"
3. On recurring themes
   1. On social education
   2. On religious education
   3. On fantasy and fairy tales
   4. "The lesson of silence"
4. Montessori's "alternative comprehensive school"
   1. On the principles of the Montessori school
5. Child and society
   1. Children, teachers and society
   2. Protection against exploitation of children
   3. Work as an anthropological necessity
   4. On the schooling of young people
6. Man's place in the cosmos
   1. Man's place in creation
   2. Communism and peace
   3. Education and democracy
   4. Cosmic education

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