Education Department

Catherine Ibes

Assistant Professor of Education
Center for Contemporary Montessori Programs

Office Hours:

Friday: 9:00 - 10:00 am (on campus)

Degrees:

MAED College of St. Catherine
Montessori Program

B.A. University of Minnesota
Major: English Literature
Minor: French

Previous Experience:

Montessori Upper Elementary Teacher at Berkeley Montessori School, California

Montessori Upper Elementary Teacher, Monarch Montessori School, Elk River, Minnesota

Harvard Summer Session
Project Zero Classroom

Research Interests:

  • Science education and hands-on activities
  • The cultivation of true understanding (a la Project Zero, Harvard)
  • Multiple Intelligences as it connects to class work and assessment
  • Montessori in the modern age: How is it evolving?
  • Addressing student learners’ misconceptions
  • Learning, unlearning, relearning
Experience Abroad:

Home school instructor
NSA Souda Bay, Crete, Greece

Taught English as a second language in Antigua, Guatemala

Fluent in Dutch