About the Authors. Stephen and Bernadette Phillips have been involved in Montessori education and research for over thirty years. Stephen is originally from Wiltshire in England and Bernadette is from Dublin, Ireland. They homeschooled their own children from childhood to adolescence using the Montessori approach while running a Montessori school for young children. They have lectured on all aspects of Montessori education and in recent years have focused their research on Montessori Programmes for people living with dementia. They passionately believe that even dedicated Montessori followers have only touched the tip of the ice-berg in Montessori pedagogy and that the true potential of what Dr. Montessori discovered about the human being is yet to be revealed. The authors now work as independent Montessori consultants and can be contacted in relation to "all things Montessori", by e-mail.