didn’t Montessori prove a rigid sit in classroom for 6 hrs is antithetical to learning?
Yes and so did Dewey and so did Horace Mann.
Which is not to say that there is not a place.for.sructure, and form to learning. There is a place, especially at lower levels , to say “Memorize This” No, I am not advocating the high pressure, memorize and vomit back curriculum used.in Asian schools.
The other thing we have done is to place too much emphasis upon group work. There is a place for meditative, individual learning.