Maria Montessori

Posted on September 2, 2011 by
Maria Montessori

Montessori education is based upon the work of Maria Montessori, and her discovery that children learn directly from their environment and relatively little from listening to a teacher talking to a class. There are now Montessori schools throughout the world … >>more

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Rudolf Steiner

Posted on September 1, 2011 by
Rudolf Steiner

There are now over 800 Rudolf Steiner (or Waldorf) schools around the world. They are well-established in most European countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and there have been successful pilot schemes testing in Africa, India and most other … >>more

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