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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2023155" data-attributes="member: 177">Some studies may show that.&nbsp; The ones I saw as I started looking at education as a career said otherwise.&nbsp; I would bet that it would depend very, very strongly on exactly which home-schoolers you're talking about.&nbsp; Without further details fo the studies in question, I would not venture to judge.Eh.&nbsp; I have some reservations about the Montessori methods, I'm afraid.&nbsp; This is one of them - if the teacher does not know the material, you are left without a check to see if what the child is learning is accurate.&nbsp; Nor would there be adequate safeguards that the child is covering the bredth of topics they really need.&nbsp; &nbsp; And while the child may get a leg up on research and self-starting, they can wind up at a deficit when faced with more regimented systems that don't allow them as much freedom - like many modern offices.&nbsp; In general, I've been told by Montessori teachers that the methods are not suited for all, and maybe not even most, students.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 2023155, member: 177"] Some studies may show that. The ones I saw as I started looking at education as a career said otherwise. I would bet that it would depend very, very strongly on exactly which home-schoolers you're talking about. Without further details fo the studies in question, I would not venture to judge. Eh. I have some reservations about the Montessori methods, I'm afraid. This is one of them - if the teacher does not know the material, you are left without a check to see if what the child is learning is accurate. Nor would there be adequate safeguards that the child is covering the bredth of topics they really need. And while the child may get a leg up on research and self-starting, they can wind up at a deficit when faced with more regimented systems that don't allow them as much freedom - like many modern offices. In general, I've been told by Montessori teachers that the methods are not suited for all, and maybe not even most, students. [/QUOTE]

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