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montessori
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun montessori has 1 sense
- montessori(n = noun.person) maria montesorri - Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952); Array is a kind of educator, pedagog, pedagogue
OXFORD DICTIONARY
montessori, n. (usu. attrib.) a system of education (esp. of young children) that seeks to develop natural interests and activities rather than use formal teaching methods.
Etymology
Maria Montessori, It. educationist d. 1952, who initiated it
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