College of LAS Events

If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email the contact person for the event.
Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN: IT IS POSSIBLE

Mar 30, 2023   12:00 - 1:30 pm  
306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St., Champaign, IL-61820
Join online
Lecture
Sponsor
The Center for South Asia and Middle East Studies (CSAMES), The College of Education, Center for Global Studies (CGS)
Speaker
Speaker: Allison Lide. Moderator: Professor Linda Herrera
Views
130
Originating Calendar
Middle East Events

Allison Lide has worked as a Montessori teacher in the US, Afghanistan, Morocco, and Austria. Her focus is on "restorative pedagogy" with children who have been through trauma. She co-founded the Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool in Kabul in 2002 and is working on a book about the transformative process of implementing Montessori education in Afghanistan.

link for robots only