Using this feed is an efficient way of keeping abreast with the latest information made available in www.indianmontessoricentre.org. To read the complete article/section just click on the heading of each item below. www.indianmontessoricentre.org The valedictory function for the 72nd Indian Montessori Training Course, Bangalore North and the 3rd Indian Montessori Training Course, Bangalore South was held on 30th April, 2008 at Smriti Nandan, Palace Road, Banglaore. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/meetings/imtc_valedictory.php The Indian Montessori Centre has been offering the Indian Montessori Training Courses since 1939. The admissions to the 74th Indian Montessori Training Course is underway. http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/imtc_intro.php Apart from popularizing the Montessori-method of teaching, the Indian Montessori Centre also aims at ensuring that the Montessorian principles are understood and implemented in the right spirit. To facilitate this in a focussed manner the Montessori Allied Services has been set up under the auspices of the Indian Montessori Centre. Some of the activities of the Montessori Allied Services are as follows. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/mas/mas_intro.php The Indian Montessori Centre has started providing recognition to Montessori Houses of Children which truly adhere to the Montessori Methodology. This is mainly being done to provide some kind of legitimacy and support to schools making a sincere effort to follow the Montessori Methodology. Over 25 Montessori Houses of Children in Southern India have been provided recognition. Follow the link above to find out more details http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/recognition.php This article by S R Swamy tries to explain what a parent should expect from a Montessori Environment and what role the Montessori methodology places on parents. Should be an informative read for parents unsure about the Montessori method of education http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/swamy/article01.php In Dr. Maria Montessori's words "All that politics can do is keep us out of war, establishing lasting peace is the work of education." Read this article on how education should be imparted and how this will help in the betterment of humanity http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/swamy/article02.php http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/faqs/ifaq001.phpzz Read the transcript of a lecture given by Dr. Maria Montessori during the 19th International Montessori Training Course in London in 1933. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/maria/article01.php In this article Mario Montessori (son of Dr. Maria Montessori) tries to give his interpretations of certain terms used by Maria which are often subject to misinterpretations. Since Mario was actively involved in his mother's work, his interpretations of these terms that she used regularly could be accurate, and closest to what Maria may have meant them to be. http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/mario/article01.php In this article the actual words are of Mario M Montessori, from the impressions he kept of the conversation Dr. Maria Montessori had with children aged between six and twelve years. He has endeavored to reconstruct one of the tales. http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/mario/article02.php This is a transcript of a talk given by Albert Max Joosten at the All India Radio. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/montessorians/articles/joosten/article01.php By a law of nature only Man-the child can do that. 'Education as help to life' (Dr. Maria Montessori) must render all the assistance he needs so that the child can utilise the great wealth of developmental powers at the potentialities given to every child everywhere. They are man's most real and true wealth. Nothing can deprive him of it. It is his 'dowry' on entering life. Not equal in all but not denied any. http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/montessorians/articles/joosten/article02.php This section of the website explains the philosophy behind the Montessori Method of education. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/philosophy/overview.php Read these pages to learn about the Montessori method of education in layman's terms. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/method/content.php This section of the website features a brief biography of Dr. Maria Montessori. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/maria_bio/maria_01.php Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan the current Secretary General of the Indian Montessori Centre is the driving force behind the Montessori Movement in India. The link above provides a short biography of her. http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/meena_bio/intro.php The Indian Montessori Centre has devoted this section of the website to feature short biographies of Montessorians who have significantly contributed to the Montessori Method of education in their part of the world. Newer entries will be made in this section as and when the IMC receives authentic information about the Montessorians involved. Some of these biographies can be inspirational, so read on http://www.indianmontessoricentre.org/montessorians.php