My friend is working at a christian daycare that has just adopted the montessori method as the basis for their school model.
She has a suspicion that the montessori method seems like it is based on humanistic theories.
My friend wants to know if montessori is humanistic, and if that is in conflict with the values or methods a christian day care should be promoting.
so should a christian daycare use the montessori method?
Is humanism in conflict with christian teaching?
I'm not sure where to put this, education or religion, but its safe to say humanism is rather main stream in education so I am putting it under religion.
THe question is not if a humanist would have a problem with montessori, but wheather a christian SHOULD have a problem with it.
2006-10-21 16:39:13 · 2 answers · asked by smith 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't see how the Montessori method is humanistic, or why anyone would have a problem with it--a number of Christian schools around here use it, actually. It's an excellent teaching method that simply teaches kids things all at once instead of in compartments; for example, instead of having history and then science and then math and then English, the kids build a working model of a Roman aqueduct and take notes on it and learn it all at once. That sort of thing. Much better for helping the mind connect these things.
2006-10-21 16:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, a christian should have a problem with anything humanistic.
2006-10-21 16:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋