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Montessori Philosophy/Ed Theory (EDMN 520)

Term: 2019-2020 Summer Term

Faculty

Marie A Leahy SSJ
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Mary Patricia Stratton
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Marjorie Wolff Horton
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Erin M Vavra
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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (6/29/2020 - 8/22/2020) Location: W OLC NN

Description

This course describes the educational philosophical school of thought that influenced Maria Montessori. A second trend, emanating from science and the scientific method, forms a comparative study of her predecessors in the fields of child de-velopment, medicine, anthropology and pedagogy. Background relates the pedagogical principles of the Montessori method to today’s educational philosophies and methods. Cross-listed: EDMN-220, MONC-020.