Dr. Corey Borgman
Montessori and Current Science: Helping Montessorian’s Understand and Apply Research
Current research (in the fields of education, as well as cognitive and developmental science) often supports the child-centered, autonomy-supportive practices implemented in Montessori classrooms. On the other hand, there are many important questions left for future researchers to explore. Come to this session to hear the findings from a series of white papers written by Dr. Borgman, in partnership with the Montessori Public Policy Initiative, that highlight what modern science has to say about crucial questions for Montessorians around the topics of Assessment, Adult/Child Ratios & Class Sizes, Mixed-Age Classrooms, and Student Autonomy & Choice.
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Dr. Corey Borgman
Dr. Corey Borgman is a Montessori educator, administrator, speaker, researcher, advocate, and consultant with 17 years of experience in the classroom and 12 in administration. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from UVA's School of Education & Human Development, with a dissertation focused on the challenges facing principals of public Montessori schools. As education & outreach director for the Montessori Science Program, Borgman’s role focuses on leveraging the lab’s Montessori research into tangible, positive community impact, one example of which is the Hickory Hope project featured in this talk. Corey is the proud parent of three Montessori educated daughters.
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Always important to have science-based evidence to back up research. Montessori.
Classroom size and teacher ratio will depend on your country and states regulations.
It is very important to have knowledgeable teachers and have a science-based existence with all the research that was found to help ensure that we are as Montessori educators doing what we can to ensure that they are academically working to their ability, making a strong academic foundation with all the aspects that you enter