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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Austin Matte
It was during his time in Peace Corps Nicaragua when Austin had the striking realization that the first years of life are tremendously formative and far too overlooked. Upon returning stateside, his involvement in research and his studies in graduate school confirmed and further elucidated the notion that the earliest years of life lay an important groundwork for future learning; experiences had during this period have life-long effects on an individual. When not attempting to straddle the worlds of research and practice, Austin is probably outside, reading, or learning something.
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Montessori: The New Science behind the Century-Old Methodology (part II)
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Montessori: The New Science behind a Century-Old Methodology (part I)
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Emotion: Cognition’s Rudder
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