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Monia Aranci
Title:
EDUCATION FOR LIFE: TARGETED RESPONSES TO CHANGING NEEDS
Summary
Education as an aid to life makes us adult aware of our role of educators for the full developing of human beings, from zero to 99 years. We will explore some passages of the growing human psyche according to a constructive development of life.
Monia Aranci. Teacher, trainer and coordinator of the Opera Nazionale Montessori and member of the management board of the Fondazione Montessori di Chiaravalle.
Anna Maria Ceccacci e Antonia Giammatteo
Title:
QUALITY CRITERIA FOR A MONTESSORI PRIMARY SCHOOL
Summary
What are the essential characteristics to call a school an authentically Montessori one?
To answer this question, we can only start from the words of Dr. Montessori. In her writings that principles and practices are found. There interdependent categories emerge such that participate equally in the implementation of a school that responds to the needs of children and is faithful to Her thought.
Annamaria Ceccacci. Direct student of Flaminia Guidi, from whom she inherited the knowledge, experience and deep passion for the development of the child’s personality. Trainer specialized in Montessori differentiated teaching for primary school, in Italy and abroad. Graduated in Educational Sciences, she has participated in numerous educational research projects in the Montessori field.
Antonia Giammatteo. Montessori primary school teacher at the Flaminia Guidi school, IC Parco degli Acquedotti – Rome. Trainer specialized in Montessori differentiated teaching for primary school for the ONM and recognized Associations. Scholar of the practices of Montessori thought in all developmental stages of the child.
Natalie Paul
Title:
AMI, THE POTENTIAL OF AN INTERNATIONAL HORIZON FOR THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN ITALY
Natalie Paul. She is the President of MIA, the Italian branch of AMI. She completed her AMI 6-12 diploma in Bergamo with Baiba Krumins Grazzini and currently runs a small private Montessori school near Como. She has a degree in Marine Biology from the University of St. Andrews and a law degree from the University of Edinburgh. Natalie is a firm believer in the power of the Montessori method to create a more equal and peaceful society. When not busy in the classroom, she enjoys hiking in the mountains with her 3 children and cooking for family and friends.
Milena Piscozzo
Title:
THE PLANNING OF A MONTESSORI LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL IN RELATION TO THE THIRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Summary
After decades of waiting, with Law no. 150 of 1 October 2024, Italy has the Montessori secondary school within the system, which allows the verticalization of that approach. The experiments implemented first in Milan and then at a national level have confirmed that what Maria Montessori stated about the third development plan and the school for adolescents can have very useful applications in our secondary state school.
Milena Piscozzo. Headmaster of the I.C. “Riccardo Massa” of Milan – Member of the Higher Council of Public Education – former Technical Manager at USR Lombardia – Member of various working groups of the Ministry of Education – Leader of the national network for the experimentation of lower secondary schools with a Montessori focus.
Adela Vizcaìno
Titolo dell’intervento:
THE BENEFITS OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
Summary
Independence, free choice, coordinated movement for a purpose, mutual aid, concentration, work cycle in the Children’s House and its continuity after six years.
Benefits of the Montessori Approach on long-term well-being.
The intervention is integrated with a video shot in a Montessori school during the children’s activity.
Adela Vizcaìno. She has been part of the Montessori movement for over 40 years, with AMI diplomas: 3-6 years (Perugia), Special Education (Mexico) and 6 -12 years (United States). She has worked as a teacher, school director and trainer IMI Barcelona.
Fiorenzo Li Volti
Title
HOW TO DO THAT? OPERATIONAL POSSIBILITIES IN ITALIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Summary
The report will clarify some points regarding how, in compliance with the Italian legislation that governs public schools, the Montessori Method can be applied..
Fiorenzo Li Volti. Former school principal; director of two training courses in Montessori Educational Differentiation for nursery and primary school teachers in San Polo in Chianti; school principal of the first Montessori section in Tuscany.
Stefano Scippo
Title
FROM HUMAN CAPITAL TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF AN AUTHENTIC MONTESSORI EDUCATION
Summary
Montessori education can contribute to a shift from the paradigm of human capital to that of human development. For this to happen, systemic obstacles must be overcome and Maria Montessori’s original model must be implemented more authentically.
Stefano Scippo. He is a fixed-term researcher in didactics and special pedagogy at the University of Florence, he obtained a doctorate in Psychology of Social Processes at Sapienza University of Rome. Previously he worked as a Montessori teacher and as a trainer.
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