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1、AppliedDevelopmentalPsychology27(2006)183–187BookreviewMontessorieducationanditsscientificbasisAngelineStollLillard,Montessori:Thesciencebehindthegenius,OxfordUniversityPress,Oxford,ISBN:0-19-516868-2,2005,(cloth),224pp.,$35Italianshavealwaysreveredthear
2、tsandpromotedtheinfusionofbeautyandfinedesignintothequalityofeverydaylife.Perhapsitisthisdistinctiveculturalflair,revealedinfieldssuchasarchitecture,painting,interiordesign,graphics,fashion,andcuisine,thathasinfluencedItalyalsotobecomeagiantinthefieldofe
3、arlychildhoodeducation.Inthe20thcentury,Italyhasproducedtwooftheworld'smostinnovativeandinfluentialleaders:MariaMontessori(1870–1952)fromRome,insouthernItaly;andLorisMalagazzi(1920–1994)fromReggioEmilia,inthenorthernpartofthecountry.Montessorieducationis
4、thesubjectofAngelineLillard'sbook.Montessori,abrilliantfigurewhowasItaly'sfirstwomanphysician,createdanapproachthatreflectedalate19thcenturyvisionofmentaldevelopmentandtheoreticalkinshipwiththegreatEuropeanprogressiveeducationalphilosophers,Jean-JacqueRo
5、usseau,JohannPestalozziandFredrichFroebel(Edwards,2002,2003).ThemanyparallelsbetweenherideasandthoseoftheAmericanprogressive,JohnDewey,hercontemporary,areduetothefactthattheirideasgrewoutofsharedtheoreticalrootsandwereresponsivetothesocialandculturaltran
6、sformationsengenderedbytheindustrialrevolution.Montessoriistheonlywomanregularlylistedasoneoftheverygreatfiguresinthehistoryandphilosophyofeducation,andupuntil2002whentheEuropeanUnionissuedtheEuroascommoncurrency,hercountry'sdeepregardwasindicatedbyherfa
7、ceontheItalian1000Lirabill.AsLillard'sbookexplains,Montessori'svisionanticipatedmanyofthetwentiethcentury'sdevelopmentsinchildpsychologyandeducation.Montessoriwasconvincedthatchildren'snaturalintelligenceinvolved,fromthestart,rational,empirical,andspirit
8、ualaspects.AfterdrawingonEdouardSeguin'sandJeanItard'sworktoinnovateamethodologyforworkingwithchildrenwithdisabilities,shestartedherCasadeiBambini(Children'sHouse)in1907forchildrenaged4–7inahousingprojectinthepoorslumsofRo
