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Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in
AMI Montessori Guide for
Elementary Education (6-12 years)

Recognized by the International Montessori Association (AMI)

5th Edition

Management

  • Dani Cañigueral Viñals

    PhD in Educational Innovation and Intervention (University of Vic), researcher in the history of education and trainer for the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) of Montessori guides for the 6 to 12 age group.

    Training in Inclusive Education (University of Vic) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education (University of Girona). He has dedicated most of his professional career to teaching children aged 6 to 12. For the majority of these years, he worked at the Montessori Palau School in Girona, where he also carried out coordination tasks, innovation with the teaching team, and training for families.

    He holds the AMI diploma as a Montessori guide for the 3 to 6 and 6 to 12 age groups, as well as the Montessori certificate for elderly care. He has participated as a speaker at Montessori conferences, educational discussions, and debates on education.

    Currently, he is dedicated to advising Montessori schools, conducting historical research, and directing university master’s programs and training courses for AMI Montessori guides.

Teaching staff

  • Dani Cañigueral Viñals

    See curriculum vitae in the management section.

  • Carlos A. Hijón Carrasco

    Social Integration Technician and graduate in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
    He has worked for several years as a social integrator in different institutions dedicated to children and adolescents at risk of social exclusion, as well as with adults with mental illness and substance addictions.

    In 2006, he began working as an early childhood education teacher and director in a nursery school linked to an NGO. In 2011, he discovered Maria Montessori’s educational approach and started transforming the school where he worked, with the goal of bringing Montessori to all children, regardless of their social, economic, or cultural status in Spain.

    Certified as an AMI Assistant and Guide for the 0 to 6 age group, his desire to keep progressing led him to train as an AMI Trainer at the Casa dei Bambini level (3–6 years). Currently, his goal is to spread Montessori worldwide, especially in Spain.

  • Aleksander Modekin

    He works as a Primary Education teacher at Semitsvetik Montessori School, Dolgoprudny, Moscow District, Russia.
    He holds a Law degree and an additional diploma in Education. In 2017, he graduated from the Montessori Palau International Research and Training Center (MIRTC), where he completed the AMI Elementary Teacher Training Course.

    He has delivered various lectures and presented workshops at different educational conferences in Russia. He is currently involved in an educational research project and is a postgraduate student.

  • Joan Pau Torralba

    He obtained the AMI Diploma in Elementary Education (6–12 years) at MIRTC in 2018. He has collaborated in various AMI courses for the 6 to 12 age group.

  • Eduard Vilanova Oriol

    Assistant Trainer for the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) in Elementary Education.
    He has a special interest in Cosmic Education. He actively participated in organizing the first AMI Montessori Elementary Training Course, held at Montessori Palau Girona School between 2002 and 2005, and has also collaborated in translation tasks. He is currently a Primary Education teacher at Montessori Palau Girona.

    He holds a degree in Educational Psychology and a Primary Education Teaching Diploma from the University of Girona. He obtained the AMI Diploma in Elementary Education (6–12 years) at the Centro Internazionale Studi Montessoriani in Bergamo (Italy) and the AMI Diploma in Early Childhood Education (3–6 years) at the University of Vic.

*Management reserves the right to modify the teaching staff, if necessary, to ensure the levels of quality and professional category.
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