{"product_id":"the-child-is-the-teacher-a-life-of-maria-montessori-paperback","title":"The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina de Stefano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Conti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh, comprehensive biography of the pioneering educator and activist who changed the way we look at children's minds, from the author of \u003ci\u003eOriana Fallaci\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy, Maria Montessori would grow up to embody almost every trait men of her era detested in the fairer sex. She was self-confident, strong-willed, and had a fiery temper at a time when women were supposed to be soft and pliable. She studied until she became a doctor at a time when female graduates in Italy provoked outright scandal. She never wanted to marry or have children--the accepted destiny for all women of her milieu in late nineteenth-century bourgeois Rome--and when she became pregnant by a colleague of hers, she gave up her son to continue pursuing her career.\u003cbr\u003e At around age thirty, Montessori was struck by the condition of children in the slums of Rome's San Lorenzo neighborhood, and realized what she wanted to do with her life: change the school, and therefore the world, through a new approach to the child's mind. In spite of the resistance she faced from all sides--scientists accused her of being too mystical, and the clergy of being too scientific, traditionalists of giving children too much freedom, and anarchists of giving them too much structure--she would garner acclaim and establish the influential Montessori method, which is now practiced throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e A thorough, nuanced portrait of this often controversial woman, \u003ci\u003eThe Child Is the Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unbiased perspective from an author who is not a member of the Montessori movement, but who has been granted access to original letters, diaries, notes, and texts written by Montessori herself, including an array of previously unpublished material.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina De Stefano\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and writer. She lives and works in Paris as a literary scout for many publishing houses around the world. Her books \u003ci\u003eBelinda e il mostro: Vita segreta di Cristina Campo\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eAmericane avventurose\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) have been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Polish. Her biography \u003ci\u003eOriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Other Press in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Conti\u003c\/b\u003e has translated numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from Italian including works by Emilio Lussu, Rosetta Loy, Elisa Biagini, and Paolo Rumiz. He is a regular contributor to the literary quarterly, \u003ci\u003eRaritan.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764978516256,"sku":"9781635424133","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c540ad376e3411cb3efcce0a8a2de048.webp?v=1780259293","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-child-is-the-teacher-a-life-of-maria-montessori-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}