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Montessori Philosophy/Ed Theory (EDMN 520)

Term: 2020-2021 Fall Term

Faculty

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

Thu, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (8/31/2020 - 12/19/2020) 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.