Review of 'Montessori: the science behind the genius (rev.ed.)' by Angeline Stoll Lillard: Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2007, 404 pp., £19.99 (hardback), ISBN 13: 978-0-19-532526-3

Title
Review of 'Montessori: the science behind the genius (rev.ed.)' by Angeline Stoll Lillard: Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2007, 404 pp., £19.99 (hardback), ISBN 13: 978-0-19-532526-3
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Boyle, Christopher
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/02667360802042307
UNE publication id
une:15917
Abstract
Although Maria Montessori is universally regarded as an iconic figure in the educational world, it could be argued that a genuine understanding of even the basic principles of Montessori education is hardly widespread. Certainly, this reviewer confesses to a rather narrow and limited understanding of the basics of Montessori education before reading this book. Although this work by Lillard is designed to be an assessment of the Montessori education programme and principles as applied to Montessori schools specifically, it also analyses how these principles could be equally applicable to school education in general. Both the evidential base of the Montessori philosophy and its contribution to our understanding of how children learn are examined.
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Citation
Educational Psychology in Practice, 24(2), p. 159-160
ISSN
1469-5839
0266-7363
Start page
159
End page
160

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