College of Modern Montessori |  |
College of Modern Montessori | |
Professor William J. Could, Professor of Education at Seattle University, wrote of Phyllis Wallbank (the lady who designed our Distance Learning Course): "The one on whom the robe of Montessori should fall to carry on the living tradition". We are now heading towards the Millennium and Phyllis Wallbank says, "The robe will be tailored accordingly. Therefore, the course will prepare children for the 21st century".
When giving her own training courses, Dr Montessori ensured that the student had two lectures each day, one on the underlying philosophy of the Montessori method and one on the apparatus and exercises. The course endeavours to add a third dimension by trying to look through the eyes of Maria Montessori at the present time and seeking to give new Keys to the Environment to help today's children adapt to the needs of today's world. Accordingly, Phyllis Wallbank created the name The School and College of Modern Montessori.
Phyllis Wallbank, who was a freind of Maria Montessori and who designed the Distance Learning Course, is renowned as the Head of The Gatehouse Learning Centre in London for 32 years. One of her many achievements is to have had three of her pre-school pupils subsequently selected to represent England in the Mathematics Olympiad and one of them, John Richard, in 1978, out of all the contestants representing 140 countries, won first prize.
Beware of 'Training Centres' claiming to have international diplomas and passing themselves off as reputable, highly accredited Montessori teacher training organisations, but who really have little substance.
The College of Modern Montessori has no connection whatsoever with 'Modern Montessori Singapore' or 'Modern Montessori International' (London and Singapore).
