THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN: IT IS POSSIBLE
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- The Center for South Asia and Middle East Studies (CSAMES), The College of Education, Center for Global Studies (CGS)
- Location
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St., Champaign, IL-61820
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Mar 30, 2023 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Speaker
- Speaker: Allison Lide. Moderator: Professor Linda Herrera
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- 124
- 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.