The Maria Montessori Institute recently came together with the UK’s other Montessori training organisations to organise The Montessori Conference 2019. Over 750 people attended this event celebrating 100 years of Montessori training in the UK. Together we have written an open letter to Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of State for Education calling for changes to […]
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Renowned Montessori expert and psychology professor Dr Lillard will deliver a keynote speech on her latest research on the outcomes of Montessori education at this September’s high-profile conference. Dr. Lillard is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and Director of the Early Development Laboratory. She has been studying Montessori’s methods for more […]
Supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union The MAPI project supported from the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union is now in its last quarter. We will continue to meet, share knowledge and information about the adolescent work and create guidelines for other Montessori enthusiastic adolescents guides and school administrators. At the end […]
We are proud to announce that the Corner of Hope project in Kenya has been featured as a Spotlight Innovation by the Humanitarian Education Accelerator (HEA). It is part of the First Cohort of ideas that aim to improve education in crisis. The HEA is a programme that builds from UNICEF and United Nations High Commissioner […]
Supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union During the weekend of July 15 – 17, the third transnational meeting of the Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration (MAPI) project took place at Montessoriskolan Lära för Livet in Sätila, Sweden. The school is the only one in Europe that operates a Montessori programme for adolescents. Some […]
Supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union The second transnational meeting of Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration project (MAPI) was held on 11th-13th March 2016 at the Austrian partner organization Montessori-Initiative Wieden (www.mi4.at). The first day started with a visit to the Elementary school in Vienna, before moving to the new Erdkinder which will commence […]
Following David Cameron’s call for a re-think into the way the prison system treats pregnant women, Louise Livingston, Director of Training at MMI talks to Ham & High about our Born Inside project: Hampstead training centre welcomes prison re-think for babies born behind bars
The MMI recently attended the first international meeting of the Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration (MAPI) project which took place in Prague at the premises of Montessori školy Andílek. This project is supported from the EU programme for education, youth and sport: Erasmus+. Visit our Outreach section for more information.
AMI is organising the 4th Assembly of Educators sans Frontières (EsF) on 2 – 16 August 2015 in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The theme for the Assembly is Montessori Education for Social Change: Sustainable Initiatives – Innovative Solutions. The Assembly is a unique 2-week retreat for anyone looking to know more about Montessori based outreach work and get […]
ME (UK) organised its 16th National Conference on The Compassionate Montessori Practitioner and Mind-Mindedness on 17th May 2014. MMI training staff member Beverley Maragh and colleague Pamela Stewart, presented the Born Inside project that they run at Bronzefield Prison, London. The project focuses on pregnant mothers and mothers and babies in prison using Montessori principles and psychotherapy.