Programme
Conference Program
Saturday, March 21, 2026
8:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00 Opening Session and Project Presentation
9:30 Opening Keynote Lecture – Jenny Hoglund
The Centre for Study and Work: The Foundation of Montessori Education for the Adolescent.
The Processes of Leading to Production and Sale and Economical Independence: Gardening, Beekeeping, and Commercial Kitchen Occupations.
10:30 Snack Break
11:00 Workshops Session 1
Patricia Pantano
What Does Montessori Mean by “Work” for the Adolescent?
Beata Bednarczuk and Małgosia Tarnowska
Three Dimensions of Trust in the Montessori Practitioner: Components of Teacher Courage/Faith in the Adolescent, a Fundamental and Necessary Aspect for Natural Growth of Teens.
12:00 Coffee Break
12:15 Workshops Session 2
Jenny Hoglund
Production and Exchange: Economic Life as an Educational Experience.
Krzysztof Sokół and Montessori Farm School Students
Beekeeping as a Learning Environment
in Montessori Erdkinder Education.
13:15 Lunch Break
14:30 Workshops Session 3
Chris Marks & Emily Dowell
Purposeful Work and Community Life: Social Organisation and Residential Life in the Montessori Erdkinder.
Rathin Gotlur Manjunath and Madhura Aravind Minna
Hand, Mind, and Community: Woodworking in Montessori Erdkinder Education.
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Panel Discussion – Jenny Hoglund, Patricia Wallner, Patricia Pantano
The Centre for Study and Work: Transforming Montessori’s Vision into Practice.
Sunday, March 22, 2026
9:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:30 Lecture – Patricia Pantano
Work That Has Value: Economy, Responsibility, and the Adolescent.
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 Panel Discussion with Students – Chris Marks & Emily Dowell
Learning Through Real Work: The Adolescent Experience.
11:45 Coffee Break
12:00 Lecture – dr Marek Kaczmarzyk
Neurobiologiczne podłoże adolescencji w kontekście współpracy międzypokoleniowej. The Neurobiological Foundations of Adolescence in the Context of Intergenerational Cooperation.
13:30 Lunch Break
14:30 Panel Discussion – Vierka Machalkova, Jakob Strack and Malgosia Tarnowska
Preparing the Adolescent for Real Life: Production, Exchange, and Social Organization.
15:30 Closing Session / Conference Conclusion
