Happy Friday, everyone. Last week I wrote about how Montessori turns a mathematics education into a tool that a child can use to develop profound virtues of thought and character. This idea, of education as soulcraft, runs throughout Montessori’s thought. She emphasizes in many places that the real aim of education is character:
Maria Montessori was very practical person who gave us awesome tools to achieve heights as a human both internally and academically! That too so effortlessly!
But are we really being and also enabling educators to understand that side of it ? Having spent more than 20 years in this field Montessori philosophy is still caught up in “my way”…..”this is how we do it……” etc.
We as Montessorian’s have definitely progressed from Being a snob closed community to being a part of mainstream education system! Still there is a struggle to bring across the core of the philosophy especially to the educators. Providing clarity to new educators in order to create flexible, fun living , happy community.
Tough task to achieve! It’s like walking on the razors edge. It has to be done very subtly. It’s important to maintain the respect for the old as we do it.
Like we say in one of the spiritual organization I am a part of “deepening the roots broadening the vision”!
“Education should be designed around empowering people to imbue work—the whole range of professions, from masonry to engineering, from the arts to the sciences, from social work to banking—with moral value. It is a source of pride, a station in the grand battle against entropy, a way to participate in the human project of shaping the world to our benefit.“
Great easy! Very thought provoking…
Maria Montessori was very practical person who gave us awesome tools to achieve heights as a human both internally and academically! That too so effortlessly!
But are we really being and also enabling educators to understand that side of it ? Having spent more than 20 years in this field Montessori philosophy is still caught up in “my way”…..”this is how we do it……” etc.
We as Montessorian’s have definitely progressed from Being a snob closed community to being a part of mainstream education system! Still there is a struggle to bring across the core of the philosophy especially to the educators. Providing clarity to new educators in order to create flexible, fun living , happy community.
Tough task to achieve! It’s like walking on the razors edge. It has to be done very subtly. It’s important to maintain the respect for the old as we do it.
Like we say in one of the spiritual organization I am a part of “deepening the roots broadening the vision”!
“Education should be designed around empowering people to imbue work—the whole range of professions, from masonry to engineering, from the arts to the sciences, from social work to banking—with moral value. It is a source of pride, a station in the grand battle against entropy, a way to participate in the human project of shaping the world to our benefit.“
Love this !