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Maria Montessori

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total devel

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Maria Montessori is saying that simply passing information from teacher to student without deeper growth is not enough to improve humanity’s future. She emphasizes that education should focus on the full development of the person, not just on sharing facts.

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