The institute has been set up through the Montessori St Nicholas charity partnering with Leeds Beckett University’s Carnegie School of Education and aims to be a world leading research centre on early years and Montessori education.
The development of the institute is in the early stages but over the next five years, the institute plans to offer dedicated degrees, masters and PhDs in Montessori education. It will also hold a series of research projects and academic events, alongside the courses.
The institute will appoint the world’s first Professor of Montessori Education and hopes to put the UK on a par with the USA, where the majority of Montessori research currently originates. The institute said it would do this by focusing on quality research and embedding Montessori methods into mainstream education to further enhance the academic status of early years education.
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