Following her medical training, Maria Montessori began to develop her educational philosophy and methods in 1897, attending courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome and reading the educational theory of the previous two hundred years.
Maria Montessori empezou a desenvolver a súa filosofía e métodos en 1897, asistindo a cursos de pedagoxía na Universidade de Roma e lendo a teoría educativa dos últimos douscentos anos.