Montessori Foundation Videos

The Montessori Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of Montessori education in the United States and abroad.

The Montessori Foundation has demonstrated its internet and media savvy by first claiming the highly coveted internet address montessori.org, and more recently creating 2 videos designed to inform the public about Montessori education.

Youtube includes the following information with the shorter video

This short piece is intended to only give the view a very brief introduction to Montessori. It was produced by the Montessori Foundation and VisionMedia to be broadcast on a wide range of networks in 2009. There is a companion video produced by VisionMedia for their Public Broadcasting Service series the National Education Report, hosted by Hugh Downs. That video may only be broadcast on PBS, so we have a somewhat different version on YouTube under Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin’s, account. Montessori schools who would like to use the 1 minute piece on their can download a copy for local use on their community pubic television station or public access cable TV. To request the download link, any recognized Montessori may contact timseldin@montessori.org.

Emphasis is mine.

Enjoy these videos.

Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson (June 15, 1902 – May 12, 1994) was a prominent psychologist and psychoanalyst.  He trained in psychoanalysis at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute and also studied the Montessori method.

He developed a theory of Psychosocial Development with 8 stages that bear a remarkable intellectual debt to the 4 Planes of development.  I encourage you to take a few minutes to read this brief summary of the stages outlined below, and compare to these to the 4 Planes.

Birth to 18 months            Infancy

18 months to 3 years       Early Childhood

3 to 6 years                          Play Age

6 to 12 years                        School Age

12-18 years                          Adolescence

19-35 years                          Young Adulthood

35-65 years                         Middle Adulthood

65+                                         Late Adulthood

Dr. Montessori influenced many of the great psychologists who came after her, most notably Erikson and Piaget.  In the interests of being well informed about the field of psychology and making connections to Montessori’s work, please take a look.