Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 15 segments
Dr. Catherine McTamaney joins the *Voices in Montessori* podcast to talk about reclaiming the essence of Montessori’s vision: centering the spirituality of both the child and the adult. With all the…
So I wanna really, I w- first of all, that's, it's so beautiful, right? That's, it's so beautiful and so powerful.
And what does that, what does that really mean in a classroom? Like, what does that mean for our families? What does that mean for our admissions? What does that mean for how we're training our teachers? You know, because I believe that all of us are called to this work because underneath it all, we believe in the human spirit.
We believe in the goodness of people, and we know that the way we raise these children shapes our future, and it shapes who our, uh, w- who our world becomes, how our world becomes.
It comes out of the work we're doing right now, which is why this is the most important work there is.
And we are in an era where metrics and, and it's about-- It's amazing when you really look at what holds value in society.
You talk about, you talk about success, right? So success is qualified usually through academic success.
And so here we are in this society that is putting these, really putting these things before us, which we have to consciously choose something, a different path for ourselves, 'cause we also know that that path does not lead to fulfillment-
And yet here we are holding this precious gift of this educational model that Dr. Montessori saw as the revolution, and we are so easily kind of, you know, shoved into pigeonholed into this, this other way of operating.
So, so what does it mean for schools to really stand for the child, the divinity, the, the, the worthiness of each child?
So I wanna really, I w- first of all, that's, it's so beautiful, right? That's, it's so beautiful and so powerful.
And what does that, what does that really mean in a classroom? Like, what does that mean for our families? What does that mean for our admissions? What does that mean for how we're training our teachers? You know, because I believe that all of us are called to this work because underneath it all, we believe in the human spirit.
We believe in the goodness of people, and we know that the way we raise these children shapes our future, and it shapes who our, uh, w- who our world becomes, how our world becomes.
It comes out of the work we're doing right now, which is why this is the most important work there is.
And we are in an era where metrics and, and it's about-- It's amazing when you really look at what holds value in society.
You talk about, you talk about success, right? So success is qualified usually through academic success.
And so here we are in this society that is putting these, really putting these things before us, which we have to consciously choose something, a different path for ourselves, 'cause we also know that that path does not lead to fulfillment-
And yet here we are holding this precious gift of this educational model that Dr. Montessori saw as the revolution, and we are so easily kind of, you know, shoved into pigeonholed into this, this other way of operating.
So, so what does it mean for schools to really stand for the child, the divinity, the, the, the worthiness of each child?
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