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Maria Montessori's words —
“...With a mixture of respect and love of sacred curiosity and of a
desire to achieve this spiritual greatness, (the teacher) sets himself to
observe every manifestation of this little child...
But let us seek to implant in the soul the
self-sacrificing spirit of the scientist with the reverent love of the disciple
of Christ, and we shall have prepared the spirit of the teacher.”
Montessori teachers “seek more” than can be found in traditional classrooms and through traditional training. Training in the presentation and facilitation of multi-age curricula, and in assessment for the purpose of guiding the child to fulfillment of academic and spiritual potential, epotimizes the role of the classroom teacher.