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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who would have thought a pedagogy designed for ECE that was stretched (poorly) to upper ES and wouldn't work in MS or HS. Seriously, this is a SHOCKING development.

Do to an ES open house and ask this. The [insert dumb name of tour guide here] will try and shame you and subtly suggest that if you have to ask you shouldn't attend.[/quote]

Exactly correct. Montessori is great until maybe 2nd grade. [/quote]

+1.  It’s terrible for upper elementary and disaster for middle and high.  It’s rare the 100% internally driven child.  Kids need structure, direction, equal time in all subjects, no matter strengths or weaknesses [b]but especially the weakness[/b].
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Especially the bolded. If you think even a kid who is "100% internally driven" (whatever the hell that means) can or should be deciding what they want to do and study and how then you are a bad parent. [/quote]

Properly structured Montessori will guide the child and decide what they should be studying. It’s just more about choice (I.e. choosing from one of a few activities the practices fractions instead of being given one option) and the lessons are more hands on. It’s not a free for all. [/quote]

Yea that might be feasible and work in ECE/early elementary but [b]totally unrealistic in middle and high school.[/b][/quote]

Why do you think it’s unrealistic for middle and high school?[/quote]

Because the stakes are much higher and subject much more complex.  In addition, teachers don’t have time to set up individualized plans or different guides for each kid.  They have to get thru the material, deal with huge differences in abilities, and frankly, ask a middle school kid what he wants to do and you likely will get a retort answer of nothing.

It’s fine and dandy if the kid is learning simple addition but try above in Algebra 1.  [/quote]

They still do actually teach in Montessori, you know.  It’s not a total free for all.  And as far as I know Montessori schools still have to follow the same basic guidelines as to what students need to learn in each grade.

As far as the different abilities of each kid, it’s not like public school teachers don’t have to deal with that as well, but they get far LESS freedom to differentiate…[/quote]

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