Matt Bateman has a PhD in philosophy. He has abandoned the academic career, to pursue education in the Montessori system. A dad of three, he is passionate about educating children. Having worked a lot with training the teachers in the Montessori approach, he has now taken a step back to focus on writing his book.
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⌛TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:32) - The scripts that Matt grew up with
- (05:18) - Growing up with the internet
- (08:20) - Kids and technology, digital and industrial literacy
- (14:11) - Babysitting, PhD in Philosophy and learning how to teach
- (17:45) - Getting into Montessori
- (19:40) - Starting the Guideposts & How to train good teachers
- (24:28) - The pathological approach to work we learnt and how little children naturally want to help
- (33:06) - “All work is noble”
- (41:07) - The role of values in education through history
- (48:49) - The Montessori system, differences in non-alphabetic writing systems
- (53:57) - Agency as the aim of education
- (59:08) - Advice for parents, the pros and cons of college
- (01:05:48) - Matt’s new book & the hidden bad value system taught in modern schools
- (01:10:02) - Closing remarks
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