Dr. Montessori did, however, work to ensure that her method would continue on by establishing training centers designed to pass her philosophies on from generation to generation. Interestingly, in the only country that allowed her to expand her methods to older children, are the only training centers that train elementary school teachers. An online article by Prachi Nayak reports, "Currently Indian Montessori schools cater to children only till the age of six. But to train teachers at a higher level, the elementary level 6-12 AMI [Association Montessori Internationale] teacher training course is now made available at Navdisha in Chennai. To train more teachers at this level, the IMF [India Montessori Foundation] will help in starting more training centres for the AMI 6-12 years course."

India was also the place where Dr. Montessori conceived her "Education for Peace" initiative. Montessori believed that in order to achieve peace, it must be taught...
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