Looking at the education and psychology literature more generally, however, Marshall suspects that the method does bring some benefits, without any downsides.
Looking at the education and psychology literature more generally, however, Marshall suspects that the method does bring some benefits, without any downsides. For example, there is some recent evidence that providing children with unstructured time, in which they are allowed to get on with their own activities without too much interference from an adult, does lead to greater independence and self-direction – and this approach is at the very heart of the Montessori method.