America's Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle

Author:   Gerald L. Gutek ,  Patricia A. Gutek
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
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9783030548377


Pages:   307
Publication Date:   06 September 2021
Format:   Paperback
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This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle. Caught up in the Montessori craze sweeping the United States in the Progressive era, each played a significant role in the initial transference of Montessori education to America and its implementation from 1910 to 1920. Despite the continuing international recognition of Maria Montessori and the presence of Montessori schools world-wide, Montessori receives only cursory mention in the history of education, especially by recognized historians in the field and in courses in professional education and teacher preparation. The authors, in seeking to fill this historical void, integrate institutional history with analysis of the interplay and tensions between these four women to tell this educational story in an interesting—and often dramatic—way.    

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Author:   Gerald L. Gutek ,  Patricia A. Gutek
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.427kg
ISBN:  

9783030548377


ISBN 10:   3030548376
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   06 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. A Quartet of American Montessori Directresses.- 2. The Fifth Woman - Maria Montessori.- 3. A Study in Personality: Montessori and George, Naumburg, Parkhurst and Pyle.- 4. Montessori's Training Course.- 5. The Rise and Fall of Anne George as America's Premier Montessori Educator.- 6. Helen Parkhurst: Montessori's American Surrogate, Dalton School, Progressive Educator.- 7. Adelia Pyle: From Montessori's Disciple to Padre Pio's Disciplie.- 8. Margaret Naumburg: Montessorian, Walden School, Progressive Educator.- 9. Conclusion.

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“The new volume is an impressive compendium of archival research, consolidating and critiquing past scholarship, yet woven through an entertaining sequence of biography and narrative. It will appeal to readers on all those levels.” (Peter Cunningham, Educational Review, February 11, 2021)


The new volume is an impressive compendium of archival research, consolidating and critiquing past scholarship, yet woven through an entertaining sequence of biography and narrative. It will appeal to readers on all those levels. (Peter Cunningham, Educational Review, February 11, 2021)


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Gerald L. Gutek is Professor Emeritus of Education and History at Loyola University Chicago, USA, where he was also the Dean of the School of Education. His previous books include New Perspectives on Philosophy and Education (2009). Patricia A. Gutek is an editor, travel writer, and independent scholar whose previous book co-authored with Gerald Gutek, Bringing Montessori to America (2016), was a 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

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