12-18 years
Finding Their Own Voice
DISCOVER, GROW, VALORIZE: MONTESSORI'S JOURNEY FOR ADOLESCENTS by Tim Seldin Many have written or spoken of what school should look like from a developmental perspective, but nobody created the complete developmental package that Montessori did. The underlying assumption in traditional education is that every child in a class can get through the same amount of material within a nine-month academic year, and, of course, this is absurd! Everyone who's been in a classroom knows that not every child will proceed at the same pace. The task of education must change. Schools should foster children's growth and development from the earliest years. It must be, in the deepest sense, brain developmental. In the Elementary years, it must be about problemsolving and social development, working with other people, and thinking. In the later years, it really has to be about motivation, mission, and purpose. What are your unique capabilities? What are your unique interests? What are you going to bring to the world that makes you something special? Traditional education can't do that. Dr. Steve Hughes, Speaking as part of the Inside Montessori documentary www.quietislandfilms.com/insidemontessori
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