NEW SCHOOL METHODS
I'rom Home comes news of a new m cfchod of teaching that has been instituted by a lady doctor. Signora Montessori,, and so successful has'it.proved in Italy that it is now being put into operation throughout Switzerland; It was found that the Proebel system : yielded negative results, and the new method—that of teaching children on the family plan—was applied. ,The children are gathered in a room and made to feel that they are members of one family. There is no discipline or restraint. The pupils move about freely, or group themselves affectionately . round their mistress. The teachers have readily taken to tho new method, and the local authorities are making tho : necessary grants for overhauling the ; educational machinery.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 1
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