Progress Studies and Montessori: Jason Crawford and Matt Bateman
Matt Bateman joins Jason Crawford, creator of Progress Studies for Young Scholars and founder of The Roots of Progress, to discuss Montessori education and its relation to the emerging field of progress studies.
Dr. Matt Bateman
Dr. Matt Bateman earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2012 from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught and continued his research at Franklin and Marshall College in the Department of Psychology, on topics ranging from neuroscience to evolutionary theory to philosophy, before joining the LePort Schools as Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy in 2014.
In 2016, Dr. Matt Bateman became a founding member of Higher Ground Education. He is now Vice President of Pedagogy for Higher Ground and the Executive Director of Montessorium.
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