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Why Self-Directed Learners Struggle With Authority

My Montessori-trained daughter is now in middle school and she can't handle when teachers tell her exactly what to do because she's used to directing her own learning.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children who develop strong internal guidance systems may resist external direction they perceive as arbitrary.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Montessori and Waldorf approaches?”

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