Hal Gregersen, co-author of The Innovator’s DNA (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011), identifies the often-shared traits of innovators, but then makes this striking point about how the innovative became innovative: “‘It’s fascinating when we interview these famous entrepreneurs to realise that they grew up in worlds where adults paid attention to these innovation skills.’ Most […]
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I just came across Kevin Rathunde and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s academic study, published American Journal of Education. From the abstract: “Multivariate analysis showed that the Montessori students reported greater affect, potency (i.e., feeling energetic), intrinsic motivation, flow experience, and undivided interest (i.e., the combination of high intrinsic motivation and high salience or importance) while engaged in
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s praise of the Montessori system of education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Critique of mainstream education. Next: Montessori practices and principles. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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