Book review: the secret of childhood by Maria Montessori

Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas (2021) Book review: the secret of childhood by Maria Montessori. IIUM Today, 15 August 2021.

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Abstract

In her book “The Secret of Childhood”, Maria Montessori (1870-1952) highlighted many of the problems faced by children in Italy during her time. Montessori, who started as the first female medical doctor in Italy, later ventured herself into psychology and ended her career as a well-known educationist. At the time the book was written, she realised that children of her time have been deprived of their social rights in education. In her observation, she found out that children have been subjected to do many insurmountable hard tasks. They were shown little affection and respect as growing individuals. During her time, the plight of children in Italy was a very disheartening thing for her to witness. The state paid much attention to the needs and rights of the adults compared to that of the children. Children’s social well-being and education were not given serious consideration by the state.

Item Type:	Article (Electronic Media)
Additional Information:	6588/91517
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Review, Good Book, Secret, Childhood, Maria Montessori
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC1001 Types of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC65 Social aspects of education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary Studies (Effective: 5th Feb 2014)
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2021 09:22
Last Modified:	16 Aug 2021 09:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/91517

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