#171 "All Work Is Noble," Montessori, and Kids & Work — Matt Bateman on starting growing up with the internet, digital and industrial literacy, studying philosophy and learning how to teach, starting the Guidepost school network, how to train teachers, how children learn and work, values in education, agency, and writing his new book
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
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Focus on Learning, Agency, and Personal Relationship
The speaker highlights the significant shift in focus from school to learning, agency, and personal relationship when it comes to education. The speaker emphasizes that these aspects are often overlooked in discussions about education, which tend to be simplified. They recommend exploring Montessori methods for a deeper understanding of the history of education, suggesting that many modern education systems are not fully representative of the complete story. The speaker also challenges the common belief that education is designed solely for factory workers, pointing out historical experiments that aimed to educate large groups of children in a single room.
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