#171 "All Work Is Noble," Montessori, and Kids & Work — Matt Bateman on starting growing up with the internet, digital and industrial literacy, studying philosophy and learning how to teach, starting the Guidepost school network, how to train teachers, h

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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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• Matt's Twitter — @mbateman
• montessorium.com
• guidepost

⌛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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