The main difference between the Gates Foundation funded Common Core and Dr. Maria Montessori’s method is this: Montessori did not create educational theories and then try them out on children. She did the opposite. She observed the children, experimented, recorded the results, and then she created her theories. Those theories were not conjecture for her, because they were based on observable data, the kids themselves. Not surprisingly, scientists have since verified nearly every theory she posited. And at the “core” of Montessori’s method was and is a simple maxim: Follow the child.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:42:03 +0000