Organizes and clarifies Maria Montessori's central concept of personality as the totality of an individual's potentiality, and her concept of character as the healthy organization of personality. Concludes with a discussion of William Heard Kilpatrick's criticism of the Montessori System and David Norbert Campbell's analysis of that criticism.

Organizes and clarifies Maria Montessori's central concept of personality as the totality of an individual's potentiality, and her concept of character as the healthy organization of personality. Concludes with a discussion of William Heard Kilpatrick's criticism of the Montessori System and David Norbert Campbell's analysis of that criticism.