%0 Journal Article %T The Montessori Method %A Cathleen Haskins %J Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning %D 2010 %I Nipissing University %X Dr. Maria Montessori provided the world with a powerful philosophy and practice for the advancement of humanity: change how we educate children and we change the world. She understood two things very clearly: One, that we can build a better world, a more just and peaceful place, when we educate for the realization of the individual and collective human potential; and two, that the only way to create an educational system that will that will serve this end is to scrap the current system entirely and replace it with a completely new system. She gave us a system through which to accomplish that goal: The Montessori Method. The following is a personal and professional account of the Montessori Method of educating children. %U http://www.nipissingu.ca/jual/Archives/V428/v4284.pdf