Montessori Monday.... A Few Famous Montessorians You May Have Heard Of: JEFF BEZOS – Amazon founder Amazon’s founder, who proudly cites his Montessori roots, is a study in contradictions: analytical and intuitive, careful and audacious, playful and determined. Critics note his extraordinary ability to learn from others, one hallmark of Montessori education. T BERRY BRAZELTON – Pediatrician, child psychiatrist, author and Harvard medical school professor emeritus Dr. Brazelton’s positive, child-oriented philosophy of parenting has influenced countless families to raise children who are “confident, caring, and hungry to learn”. Brazelton attended a Montessori school as a child and now supports Montessori philosophy through his lectures and publications. JULIA CHILD – Celebrity chef & author A student of Mrs Davie’s Montesorri School in Pasadena California, Ms Child exuded a sense of fun and inspired others to try new things in the kitchen. She credits a Montessori background with her manual dexterity—a key feature of her mastery as a chef—and with the love and joy she found in her work. PETER DRUCKER – Author, Management consultant, “social ecologist”, awarded the presidential medal of freedom Peter Drucker, once a Montessori child, is one of the most influential management gurus in history. His work focuses on human relationships as opposed to numbers-crunching; his books are filled with lessons on how organizations can bring out the best in people, and how workers can find dignity and community in their work. SERGEY BRIN & LARRY PAGE – Google founders “You can’t understand Google,” says Wired, “unless you know [its founders] were Montessori kids… In a Montessori school, you paint because you have something to express or you just want to… not because the teacher said so. This is baked into Larry and Sergey… it’s how their brains were programmed early on.”
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:39:16 +0000
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