In this story, Fisher gives an authentic celebration of childhood. While the story was intended as a vehicle through which Fisher could give flesh to the Montessori Method, it is obvious that Fisher sincerely believed that Montessori understood how to draw out the very best in children. The tender and charming story opens with a sickly, fragile, emotional, and immature Elizabeth Ann and follows her through a stunning metamorphosis into an independent and vibrant Betsy.įisher’s keen intelligence, delightful writing style, and perceptive nature shine through the pages of Understood Betsy. Understood Betsy is one of the fiction novels Fisher penned that articulated the Montessori Method. In addition to translating Montessori’s writing, Fisher wrote five books of her own based on the Montessori Method. Impressed by Montessori’s revolutionary methods, Fisher worked to bring the Montessori Method to the United States. Just a few years later, the young mother traveled to Rome to study under Maria Montessori. In 1907, Dorothy Canfield married John Redwood Fisher and they had two children.
In addition to her college and graduate school degrees, she received more than half a dozen honorary degrees from other prestigious universities. At a time when women rarely attended college, Canfield was distinguishing herself as a serious academic. in Romance languages from the University of Paris and Columbia University. from Ohio State University, then went on to receive a Ph.D.
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