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Title: The Best Weapon for Peace Condition: New Subtitle: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights EAN: 9780299333140 ISBN: 9780299333140 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 10/30/2022 Description: The Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870–1952) is best known for the teaching method that bears her name. She was also a lifelong pacifist, although historians tend to consider her writings on this topic as secondary to her pedagogy. In The Best Weapon for Peace, Erica Moretti reframes Montessori’s pacifism as the foundation for her educational activism, emphasizing her vision of the classroom as a gateway to reshaping society. Montessori education offers a child-centered learning environment that cultivates students’ development as peaceful, curious, and resilient adults opposed to war and invested in societal reform. Using newly discovered primary sources, Moretti examines Montessori’s lifelong pacifist work, including her ultimately unsuccessful push for the creation of the White Cross, a humanitarian organization for war-affected children. Moretti shows that Montessori’s educational theories and practices would come to define children’s rights once adopted by influential international organizations, including the United Nations. She uncovers the significance of Montessori’s evolving philosophy of peace and early childhood education within broader conversations about internationalism and humanitarianism. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 38mm Author: Erica Moretti Genre: History Book Series: George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas Topic: Society & Culture, Children's Learning & Education Item Weight: 229g Release Year: 2022
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