Reply to Middle/high school after Montessori Elementary

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Middle/high school after Montessori Elementary"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A September 2017 study published in Economics of Education Review found that a Montessori education didn't make a difference for teenagers. It tracked hundreds of students, some of whom had won a lottery to attend a Montessori high school in the Netherlands, others of whom had lost the lottery and attended a traditional secondary school. In the Netherlands, Montessori high school students did no better or worse than traditional students. They finished their secondary degrees at the same rates with similar grades and final exam results. The author, Nienke Rujis, also found no differences on soft skills. Montessori students showed similar levels of motivation, and scored no better on measures of independence, "even though these are the main characteristics that a Montessori education claims to foster," Rujis wrote.

Read the study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775717305356?_docanchor=&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_rdoc=1&dgcid=raven_sd_via_email&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb
[/quote]

So they do no better, but also no worse? So a kid can spend their time time in school choosing what to do, and creating their own structure, etc, and end up the same as a kid who was forced into a certain structure and lacked the freedom of choice a Montessori kid gets? I’d put my kid in Montessori if this is the case.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics