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ERIC Number: EJ1307710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-0040
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Decolonizing Montessori: An Antiracist Approach to Our Practice
Anderson, Adrienne
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, v32 n4 p29-33 Win 2021
How do educators begin the journey of decolonizing--replacing solely Western interpretations of history with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) perspectives, and restoring BIPOC culture and traditional ways--when the entire educational system was built to support, affirm, and uphold white supremacy (Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc., 2017)? At the start of every journey is an awareness of the truth. In this article, as a white woman, and a Montessori teacher, who continues to reap the advantages of stolen Native American land and a capitalist system built to serve her, Adrienne Anderson discusses how she must find ways to integrate the truth of this history and present into her practice, into her self-work, and into her classroom. She states that once the problem is identified, it is time to search for solutions. It is important to remember that solutions to these problems are not onetime fixes but require a lifetime of work and effort. Herein, she explains how educators can examine solutions within the framework of Montessori philosophy: the prepared adult, the prepared environment, and the liberated child.
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Language: English
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