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Maria Montessori: The teacher must...

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The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

Source: The Montessori Method, ch. 5, 1912.
-- Maria Montessori, (Aug 31 1870-1952), Italian educator, reformer; She originated the Montessori method of education stressing development of initiative and freedom of the child.


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