Congress

History

The International Montessori Congress is a large-scale educational congress that takes place every four years. Not only is each Congress hosted in a different country, we also change continents, to enable as many people as possible to enjoy the inspiration these congresses bring.

The goal of the Congress is to raise worldwide awareness and understanding of Montessori education, as well as to provide a platform for Montessori professionals to connect with one another.

The Congress will demonstrate that Montessori is an educational approach guided by the natural laws of human development, which enables all human beings to become agents of positive social change, which in the long term can lead to a more harmonious and peaceful world.

International Montessori Congresses

Edition	Year	Country	City	Theme
1^st	1929	Denmark	Helsingör	Part of the Fifth International Conference of the New Education Fellowship
2^nd	1931	France	Nice	Part of the Sixth International Conference of the New Education Fellowship
3^rd	1933	The Netherlands	Amsterdam	The Spiritual Re-birth of Man
4th	1934	Italy	Rome	Deviation and Normalisation
5^th	1936	UK	Oxford	The Child’s Place in Society
6^th	1937	Denmark	Copenhagen	Educate for Peace
7^th	1938	Scotland	Edinburgh	Four Levels of Education
8^th	1949	Italy	San Remo	Man’s Formation in World Reconstruction
9^th	1951	UK	London	Education as an Aid to the Natural Development of the Child from Birth to University
10^th	1953	France	Paris	How to Help the Child Adapt to Our Times?
11^th	1957	Italy	Rome	Maria Montessori and the Contemporary Pedagogical Thought
12^th	1960	Germany	Bad Godesberg	Mathematics in the Life of the Child in a Changing World
13^th	1964	The Netherlands	Amsterdam	Education for a Peaceful World Community
14^th	1970	U.S.A.	Washington	Centennial Celebration of Maria Montessori’s Birth
15^th	1970	Canada	Toronto	Centennial Celebration of Maria Montessori’s Birth
16^th	1970	France	Paris	Centennial Celebration of Maria Montessori’s Birth
17^th	1972	Italy	Palo Alto	Cosmic Education
18^th	1977	Germany	Munich	The Montessori Method and the Handicapped Child
19^th	1979	The Netherlands	Amsterdam	Help the Child to Shape Man’s Future
20^th	1985	Pakistan	Karachi	The Contribution of Montessori Education to the Future of Mankind
21^st	1991	Japan	Nara	Human Education Toward a New World
22^nd	1997	Sweden	Uppsala	The Child and Communication
23^rd	1999	Mexico	Cancun	Maria Montessori Explicit and Implicit in the 20th Century
24^th	2001	France	Paris	Education as an Aid to Life
25^th	2005	Australia	Sydney	Champion the Cause of All Children
26^th	2009	India	Chennai	Sãdhanã: Reflective Practice, Spontaneous Living
27^th	2013	U.S.A.	Portland	Montessori: Guided by Nature
28^th	2017	Czech Republic	Prague	Pathway to Peace: Montessori Education for Social Change