Montessori and the future of Education…

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

I visited a few Montessori schools, and I must say that I’m quite suprised that Montessori classrooms don’t have a lot of “special needs” children.

It’s quite ironic since Montessori’s method was conceived from her work with mentally handicapped children. It’s true that Montessori schools aren’t for everyone, but I strongly believe that the Montessori Method is perfect for all children. Not many parents have the resources to get an in-home tutor, but if you do, I highly suggest looking into getting a private Montessori tutor, if you fear “mainstream” school isn’t right for your child.
It’s sad that our schools are still operating how they were 100 years ago. Rather than adapting to the learning styles of our children in this day and age, schools are still expecting children to adapt to the old methods of teaching. Many children are right-brain thinkers, and unfortunately our schools only cater to left-brain learners. It’s absurd to think that our schools still believe it’s ok to have our students sit in a desk for 6 hours a day, listening to teacher after teaching reciting the same old boring lessons!

It’s time for us to reinvent our education system. Rather than sticking to the old ways, because it’s “safe”, we need to think outside of the box. Clearly, our education isn’t as effective as we would like it to be. Since this is the case, why not restructure our schools to be more inviting to students of all abilities?

This thought isn’t new. In fact, Montessori had been preaching the same thing over 100 years ago. What will it take for us to finally realize that we need some serious change….our future depends on it.

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beckyreid 10 months ago 1 point
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Schools have changed! I teach in a traditional public school and ideas regarding student learning styles are not only welcomed BUT are EXPECTED to be utilized by the classroom teacher. I recently went to my principal to ask permission to not use our math textbook but to use Montessori and other hands-on materials and was given the go-ahead to do so. My children are rarely at their "desks" and these are not even desks, they are long tables so we can restructure as need fits. My mother doesn't understand why I have so much work and it takes me so long to close my room at the end of the year. I finally told her that school is different than when she was there. We have so many materials and things to put away. It's not just clean the desks and put the books on the shelves anymore! Unfortunately, I'm sure there are some of these traditional settings left but I bet not as many as you think.

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