Montessori Movement in Interwar Europe

Christine Quarfood is Professor of History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her publications include Condillac la statue et l’enfant: Philosophie et pédagogie au siècle des Lumières (2002) and Positivism med mänskligt ansikte: Montessoripedagogikens idéhistoriska grunder (2005). Her research focuses on the intersection between science, politics and educational ideas.

• ​Chapter 1: Situating Montessori.- ​Chapter 2: The Invisible Montessori Teacher.- ​Chapter 3: Influencing Public Opinion.- ​Chapter 4: Individual Work: British Montessorism.- ​Chapter 5: The Call of Education.- Chapter 6: Politicisation of Italian Montessorism.- ​Chapter 7: Opera Nazionale Montessori.- ​Chapter 8: Imperial and Pacifist Visions.- ​Chapter 9: Montessorism without Montessori.