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Maria Montessori's post-war lectures inspire a new generation

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Lectures given by Maria Montessori when she visited London in 1946 are the inspiration for the Montessori Schools Association conference on Saturday.

More than 900 people are expected to attend the annual event at the Institute of Education, with Montessorians from as far afield as Nigeria. Germany and Sweden.

montessoir-london-lecturesThe 1946 London lectures have recently been published with a new translation and index to help readers re-visit important topics of Montessori philosophy.

The lectures were the basis of Maria Montessori's first training course in London on her return from exile in India during the Second World War.

Martin Bradley, chair of the Montessori Schools Association, told Nursery World, that the themes that the founder of the Montessori movement spoke about in her London lectures were still very topical today, setting out ‘a series of ideas and issues we’re still following’.

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