Spontaneous Activity in Education: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Spontaneous Activity in Education, credited to Maria Montessori, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori. (Translated by Florence Simmonds.) Read in English by Grace Byrne; Celine Major; Diana Foster; VfkaBT; BettyB; Mike T.; realisticspeakers; Mich_elle Maria Montessori saw that children gained a sense of satisfaction through doing work of their own choosing, and that the role of the adult was to allow this natural ability of the child to flourish through careful design of the environment, and the development of freedom within a positive structure. Through examples of her observations Montessori details the reasoning behind her methods. This book is translated from its original in Italian. - Summary by Grace En-Tien Chang

Recording facts

• Recording title: Spontaneous Activity in Education
• Author credits: Maria Montessori
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 11:47:16

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I (Part 1) — 31:47
2. 02 - Chapter I (Part 2) — 19:49
3. 03 - Ch2: A Survey of Modern Education Part 1 — 48:42
4. 04 - Ch2: A Survey of Modern Education Part 2 — 29:58
5. 05 - Ch3: My Contribution to Experimental Science Part 1 — 1:09:16
6. 06 - Ch3: My Contribution to Experimental Science Part 2 — 45:18
7. 07 - Ch4: The Preparation of the Teacher — 35:16
8. 08 - Ch 5: Environment — 22:26
9. 09 - Ch 6: Attention — 35:37
10. 10 - Ch 7: Will — 52:29
11. 11 - Ch 8: Intelligence Part 1 — 48:07
12. 12 - Ch 8: Intelligence Part 2 — 50:11
13. 13 - Ch 9: Imagination Part 1 — 30:32
14. 14 - Ch 9: Imagination Part 2 — 43:06
15. 15 - Ch 9: The Moral Question Part 1 — 52:43
16. 16 - Ch 9: The Moral Question Part 2 — 48:04
17. 17 - Ch 9: The Moral Question Part 3 — 43:55

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