![]() ![]() But instead, she chose to study medicine, the first women in all of Italy to do so. Her favorite subject there was mathematics and she initially wanted to pursue an engineering degree. The young Maria insisted on attending a largely male technical secondary school instead of the traditional classical one. As we will see, intrinsic motivation is basic to an understanding of her work. Maria Montessori’s insatiable thirst for knowledge lasted all of her life and influenced the approach she took towards education. Her mother encouraged her curiosity, something the rigid schools of her time did not. An only child, she was a vivacious, strong-willed girl. The unification of Italy was completed just three months after Maria’s birth. After a long struggle, Italy had managed to free itself from the Austrian empire and the political dominance of the papacy. It was also a time when violent terrorists, who called themselves anarchists, stopped the continent using assassination as a political tool. Her mother, Renilde, had had a good education for a woman of her time and was more opened to the many transformations that affected daily life at the end of the 19th century. He had a conservative and precise nature that led to success in his work. ![]() Her father, Alejandro was an accountant in government service. She spent most of her early life in Rome. Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in Italy. ![]()
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