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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⌛TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:54) - The scripts that Matt grew up with
- (05:40) - Growing up with the internet
- (08:42) - Kids and technology, digital and industrial literacy
- (14:33) - Babysitting, PhD in Philosophy and learning how to teach
- (18:07) - Getting into Montessori
- (20:02) - Starting the Guideposts & How to train good teachers
- (24:50) - The pathological approach to work we learnt and how little children naturally want to help
- (33:28) - “All work is noble”
- (41:29) - The role of values in education through history
- (49:11) - The Montessori system, differences in non-alphabetic writing systems
- (54:19) - Agency as the aim of education
- (59:30) - Advice for parents, the pros and cons of college
- (01:06:10) - Matt’s new book & the hidden bad value system taught in modern schools
- (01:10:24) - Closing remarks
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