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Montessori Education and the Knowledge Evolution

Dr. Paul Epstein

Description

In this talk, Paul will explore the impact of 21st-century technologies and AI on learning and knowledge acquisition, with a focus on Montessori education. By all accounts, AI is promised to enhance active, experiential learning while also presenting new challenges for fostering critical thinking, creativity, and ethical reasoning. Instead of assuming that knowledge technologies such as AI challenge Montessori practices, Paul suggests that Montessori principles challenge the knowledge technologies. Montessori education is strongly positioned to evolve knowledge.

The talk will be guided by four key questions:

  • What is knowledge?
  • What is the Montessori understanding of how children and adolescents develop knowledge?
  • How should we guide children and adolescents in today’s knowledge evolution?
  • How can Montessori principles evolve our knowledge?

Featuring

Paul Epstein

Paul is the educational director of Designs for Lifelong Learning. He has worked in education as an administrator, university professor, teacher trainer, classroom teacher, researcher, consultant, and author.

A highly regarded international and inspirational speaker, Paul brings transformative learning experiences to educators and parents throughout the world. He is the author of numerous articles and books including An Observer’s Notebook: Learning from Children with the Observation C.O.R.E. He is also the co-author of The 60-Day Montessori Observation Workbook and The Montessori Way, a definitive work on the Montessori experience.

His administrative experiences include working as a head of Montessori schools, and he brought the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program to one of the schools. Paul also works as a director and instructor of Montessori teacher education programs. He has been a Montessori classroom teacher in Montessori early childhood, middle, and high school programs.

Paul holds Montessori teacher certification in early childhood and secondary levels one and two from the American Montessori Society and his doctorate is in Cultural Anthropology.

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