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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why the split? Why did Montessori need to even fight it?[/quote]

I think that article explains the split in a pretty even-handed way, but an oversimplification is that [b]AMI believes that Montessori programs should be implemented as faithfully as possible to Maria Montessori's original lesson plans,[/b] and AMS believes that her lesson plans, while very good and a departure point, are in some cases inconsistent with modern educational research, and in those cases, modern research should prevail. I see merits to both positions.

As for why her son was willing to sue over it, I don't know. Charitably, he sincerely believed the AMS standards were harmful. Cynically, like all children of famous people, he probably wanted to maintain tight control over his mother's ideas, both for personal and monetary reasons.[/quote]

This statement alone makes me skeptical of AMI.

Maria Montessori wasn't God. She was a regular human being who had some specific ideas about education.  She had some great ideas on how to educate slum children in Italy and make them into good factory workers.  Since many of the skills that benefit factor workers in Italy, like self regulation, counting, and reading are pretty universal, many of her ideas translate well into modern practice, but since there are other skills that modern, college bound, American kids need, it makes sense to incorporate other methods.

Education is about the only field I can think of where it's acceptable to dismiss all research from the past century.  I can not for the life of me understand why this is.  Would anyone feel the same way if their doctor limited herself to 100 year old methods?  [/quote]

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