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News from the  Montessori Centre:

The Institute for Pedagogy of the University of Muenster decided several weeks ago that the local Montessori Centre must not be continued in its previous form. The reason is that there is no university lecturer on active duty with the necessary qualification for the management of the Centre available after our late colleague Dr. Reinhard Fischer retired in November 2009. The present Montessori Centre will, therefore, be closed. However, the university does not account for the fact that there is still a high demand for scientifically proven information and information related to practice about Montessori Pedagogy by interested visitors and visitor groups of the Centre (students of the University of Muenster and other universities and colleges of higher education, courses on pedagogy from grammar schools and sixth forms from whole Westphalia, courses from teachers’ training colleges, Montessori pedagogues from Germany and abroad etc.). Also left unconsidered is that we could still ensure a competent management of the Centre.

The Montessori research post in the archives of new education will remain unchanged within the library for pedagogy. The existing stock of Montessori literature – also the latest - will be incorporated into the research post. Prof. Ludwig works with his employees on the project of an academic edition of Maria Montessori’s collected works (see special announcement) in the archives. After the reorganization students and other interested parties will still be gained access to the Montessori literature from the beginning of the winter term 2010/2011.

The part referring to practical work with the Montessori material is meant to be incorporated into the "Lernwerkstatt fuer individuelle Foerderung und paedagogische Diagnostik" [Study workshop for individual support and educational diagnostics],which will be established by Prof. Dr. Christian Fischer, who worked at the teacher training college in Lucerne before and has recently been offered a chair at the University of Muenster in his area of responsibility – main emphasis: research into giftedness and individual support. From 2000 to 2005, Prof. Fischer worked in Prof. Ludwig’s area of responsibility as scientific assistant. The study workshop will probably be established in the beginning or in the course of the winter term 2010/11.Whether and how students and other interested parties will be offered information and jobs there, will be announced in due course.

The Institute for Pedagogy was also not willing to keep the former web site of the Montessori Centre on the internet pages of the institute. Hence we transfered it into this new independent and more informative web site of Montessori Centre Muenster with professional support.

In order to carry out the necessary restructuring the Montessori Centre is closed since the end of July 2010. If it is urgent (e.g. if you prepare for an exam), you can contact the members of staff. Questions and announcements via e-mail are still possible at our new address eingang@montessorizentrum-muenster.de.

We would like to thank everybody who is interested in the scientific and practical work of the Montessori Centre Muenster in Germany and abroad! Our special thanks go to our international cooperation partners in Europe and all over the world as far as Korea and Japan for their interest and we hope to continue our good cooperation in the future under new conditions.