Archive for the ‘Montessori in the Media’ Category
Montessori Foundation Videos
The Montessori Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of Montessori education in the United States and abroad.
The Montessori Foundation has demonstrated its internet and media savvy by first claiming the highly coveted internet address montessori.org, and more recently creating 2 videos designed to inform the public about Montessori education.
Youtube includes the following information with the shorter video
This short piece is intended to only give the view a very brief introduction to Montessori. It was produced by the Montessori Foundation and VisionMedia to be broadcast on a wide range of networks in 2009. There is a companion video produced by VisionMedia for their Public Broadcasting Service series the National Education Report, hosted by Hugh Downs. That video may only be broadcast on PBS, so we have a somewhat different version on YouTube under Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin’s, account. Montessori schools who would like to use the 1 minute piece on their can download a copy for local use on their community pubic television station or public access cable TV. To request the download link, any recognized Montessori may contact timseldin@montessori.org.
Emphasis is mine.
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Harvard Business Review Article
Check out this brief article from Harvard Business Review describing research into how Innovators think.
The final paragraph has a quick mention about Montessori.
We also believe that the most innovative entrepreneurs were very lucky to have been raised in an atmosphere where inquisitiveness was encouraged. We were stuck by the stories they told about being sustained by people who cared about experimentation and exploration. Sometimes these people were relatives, but sometimes they were neighbors, teachers or other influential adults. A number of the innovative entrepreneurs also went to Montessori schools, where they learned to follow their curiosity. To paraphrase the famous Apple ad campaign, innovators not only learned early on to think different, they act different (and even talk different).
