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The professor, highly knowledgeable and approachable, communicates the essential ideas influencing Education from the perspective of the Humanities which contemplates the sociological and anthropological outlooks, so that you, as a participant, have a clear idea of the factors influencing the teaching and learning of children and youth over time... For teachers and academic researchers, my case is the latter, the class may introduce new or unknown information as well as possibly review or update what is already known, either way it is a valuable investment. I highly recommend the class.”","_type":"quote"},{"description":[{"markDefs":[],"children":[{"_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Matt Bateman is our Montessori Theory Trainer and Educational Historian. Matt earned his BA from Sarah Lawrence College. While there, he worked in their Child Development Center researching the nature of early personality development in children. 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