Trevor Eissler
Autor de Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education
Obras de Trevor Eissler
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Georgetown, Texas, USA
- Ocupaciones
- pilot
flight instructor - Biografía breve
- Trevor Eissler, father of three Montessori students, is a business jet pilot and flight instructor. Over the course of his career, he has taught hundreds of pilots, from beginners to professional pilots. He is an author, a juggler, a unicyclist, a Toastmaster, a pianist, a triathlete, and a husband. He wants to be a Montessori student when he grows up.
Miembros
Debates
"Montessori Madness", not fantasy but of interest to parents en The Green Dragon (enero 2011)
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 134
- Popularidad
- #151,727
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
- Idiomas
- 1
I also felt like I was having a sincere conversation with a father of three children while reading the book. A conversation not only about raising kids and education for kids but also about the meaning of education. The meaning of being really and intrinsically motivated to do something, the meaning of tackling calculus or trying to learn to play the piano. Not to have the best grades but just because making music or discovering some fundamental truths about this world is simply a lot of fun to begin with.
Eissler's sincere description of his first experience in a Montessori classroom is what really motivated me to go and find a Montessori school to visit. His very alive and enthusiastic description evokes my empathy, it is difficult not to sense the joy of a mind which discovers a very beautiful way and new of doing things, in this case discovering Montessori method for educating children in action. And I think that’s what we need for a start, because once there is enough energy to start us going there are excellent scientific resources such as 'Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius' which provides a lot of background for deep inquiry into the subject.
If you decide to explore Montessori method then let reading this book be your first step.… (más)