One of the benefits of technology is that great thinkers enter our world with much more of their personality; one gets familiar with their voice, their ways of speaking and a greater sense of who they are. Well, that, in the case of Sir Ken Robinson was such a great gift! And who won’t miss … Continue reading The Invitation to a Meaningful Life

Australia is alight. Brazil is burning. Indonesia ignites. The cinders of California swirl around tech giants and people on their knees smouldering with defiance. The world is on fire. During these ‘unprecedented times’, we are frequently reminded of the need to ‘build back better’, improve our ‘resilience’, and overcome our ‘vulnerabilities’. However, perhaps now more … Continue reading The World is on Fire

(Montessori, 1989:69) As always the Bookclub reading has stimulated new ways of thinking. Montessori’s lecture given in India in 1942 entitled “Montessori's ‘Alternative Comprehensive School’: On the Principles of the Montessori School” and published in The Child, Society and the World affords us a glimpse at her thinking on what Montessori  schools have to offer … Continue reading “There is nothing which makes you learn more than teaching someone else, especially when you don’t know the subject very well”

In a recent interview between Tammy Oesting and Dr Philip Gang for the P2P Summit, Gang reflects that the essence of Montessori is “not about getting children ready for tests, it isn’t about ‘have I done the pink tower three times’ … it isn’t about memorising…” Instead, he suggests that “if Montessori is done in … Continue reading Have faith in the child