Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 7
The Data Product
Ecosystem
The teacher's first duty is to watch over the environment, and this
takes precedence over all the rest. Its influence is indirect, but unless it
be well done there will be no effective and permanent results of any
kind, physical, intellectual or spiritual.
—Maria Montessori
Our children attended Montessori schools for the first years of their
education and we loved it for the unique educational approach.
Maria Montessori believed the right conditions encourage the right
behaviors.
Among the core principles she espoused was a “prepared environment,” or a
learning environment that is carefully conceived to support student success.
The classrooms are often quite beautiful. The space is clean, open, and well
organized. Big learning concepts are broken into small building blocks for
“work.” The work materials are of high quality and easy for children to manipu-
late. Students know where to find different types of work, and they have free
reign to choose the pieces that are most interesting to them.
What are the conditions in your organization that will encourage and sup-
port the flow of information through data products? How can you create an
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