Clearing the Air: What’s Our Motivation?

Scott wants to set the record straight and mention a few of the mentors in his journey, including Montessori teacher John Derrig of Tarzana, CA, Dr. Barbara Corbett and Finella Scholtz of the Froebel School in Mississauga, and Dr. Eugene Gallanter, emeritus professor of Psychology at Columbia University.

Also, here’s a link to the clickable list of other education documentaries mentioned in the podcast: https://gardenofchildren.org/docs.html

Transcript is available here:

Below are a few images from Scott’s nearly 25 year Froebel journey and here’s a link to a shaky hand-held video of Scott’s first visit to the Froebel School in Mississauga (with Norman Brosterman) back in 1998.

2001: Scott at the Froebel School in Canada, between founder, Dr. Barbara Corbett and Mr. Chung, chairman of Korea-Froebel

Finella Scholtz leads a Gift Play at the Froebel School in Mississauga in 1997

South Korean YMCA class with Froebel Gift 2 in May 2001

Creativity with Froebel Gifts competition in South Korea in May 2001