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#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, h

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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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  • Matt's Twitter — @mbateman
  • montessorium.com 
  • guidepost

⌛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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