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Theories of Education:  Progressivism

Page history last edited by Amanda Reed 12 years, 6 months ago

Progressivism Today

 

Progressivism lost popularity after WWI, according to Foundations of American Education, but lately has resurged in nongraded schools, alternative schools, the whole-child movement, and with humanistic education. The most notable example of Progressivism can be found in Theodore Sizer's Coalition of Essential Schools where instruction is personalized, assessments are based on performance of authentic tasks, classrooms are small, and teacher/student relationships are based on trust.

 

Francis Parker John Dewey

  •  The movement had its roots in the thought of many people, but its major founders were Francis Parker and John Dewey, both of whom

refined their educational ideas here.Progressive philosophy was based on an optimistic view of human nature. Progressive schools avoided the regimentation that characterized most schools of the era. The children who attended progressive schools learned in informal settings.

(Kristian Carter)

 

Purpose of Schooling

Progressivists believe the purpose of schooling should be not about competition, but about being able to cooperate. Being able to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills is a major part of progressivism and what progressivists believe. Our textbook says, “Dewey envisioned such a democratic community to be pluralistic in nature and include moral, economic, educational, and political goals.”

(Taylor Manderfield)

 

Nature of the Learner

While reading the material from the Foundations of American Education, I learned that progressivism is known as “learning by doing.” Progressivism lets the students be involved and active in learning and working to solve problems. This lets the learner be capable of establishing rules for the classroom and finding ideas on how to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.

(Courtney Chesnut)

 

Curriculum

In the reading of Foundations of American Education, I found that curriculum is a very important theory. The curriculum of progressivism is known to integrate several subjects but not reflect universal truths, a particular body of knowledge, or a set of prescribed core courses. Lerner described the curriculum as child

centered, peer centered, growth centered, growth centered, action centered, process and change centered, equalty centered, and also community centered. This would make the student learn in a different way and they would experience science by exploring their immediate physical world. All students would learn in a "social" kind of way.

( Ivy Vinson)

 

Also in reading from the text, The Foundations of America Education, I found that Progressivist Dewey maintained that experience was the basics of education but also cautioned that not all experiences are equaled followed by this quote:

 

"The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. Experience and education cannot be directly equated to each other. For some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-education that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience."

(Kimberley Henderson)

 

Instructional Methods

In reading from the Foundations of America Education I found that teachers who use the philology progressivism should teach and plan lessons that deal with group activities. These activities that the teacher plans should be able to help the student use there mind through problem solving, that they work together and use each others minds. These projects should be centered around their own lives and whats effecting them. The progressivist curriculum is an very very energetic. The book also states that “teaching is...exploratory rather than explanatory” (Bayles, 1966, p. 94)

(Brandon Hunter)

 

Classroom Management

The Foundations of America Education says that progressivism view learning as education it focuses on the physical, emotional, and social aspects of the individual. In a progressivist class the class room is a very active classroom. The class is more self-directed, the teachers have to focus on the students as an individual, and that makes it better to see the student develop. The classroom would also focus on a democracy environment and show case citizenship. Alone with management in the classroom they would have to make sure they get the parents active in the the student education.

(Brandon Hunter)

 

Assessment

 The approach that Progressive has to evaluation differs from the traditional approaches because of all the supporting group process, cooperative learning and democratic participation. According to the text, Foundations of American Education, 6th edition, assessment deals with monitoring what the students are doing and appraising what skills the students still need to learn. The assessment in my opinion keeps track of all things in the classroom, like the book says it montiors what the students are doing and what they still need to learn. All students should learn as much as they can to be successful. If any problems occur in the education process then the progressivness may use or deal with the problems.

(Courtney Chesnut) (Brandon Stapleton)

 

The Progressivist Teacher

This is the kind of teacher that serves more as a guide and they facilitate learning by assisting students to sample direct experience. The progressivist teacher works beyond the individual in the classroom. This kind of teacher would be good with making group decisions and keeping in their mind the consequences for the students and how it may or may not benefit them. The teacher's role is to help his or her students acquire the values of the democratic system. The book, Foundations of American Education thought me all about what it takes to be a progressvist teacher.

(Ivy Vinson)

 

Leading Educational Proponents

Dewey dealt with progressivism as he emphasized individual learning. Teacher-student interaction was very important to Dewey, and in my opinion I believe the same. Even though after WWII, progressivism fell, it has never left and is still in today's schools. The textbook also states, “Coalition schools promote:

· Personalized instruction to address individual needs and interests

· Small schools and classrooms where teachers and students know each other well and work in an atmosphere of trust and high expectations

· Multiple assessments based on performance of authentic tasks

· Democratic and equitable school policies and practice

· Close partnerships with the school community

(Taylor Manderfield) (Brandon Stapleton)

 

John Dewey's studies of Progressive Education

http://www.albany.edu/~dkw42/s2_dewey_progr.html

 

 

 

 

(The Foundations of American Education p.g 77)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While working on this wiki project, I have learned that progressivism is based mainly on problem-solving activities in both democratic and cooperative learning. I would pick progressivism out of any of the other theories mainly because I believe that it helps the students learn quicker and is more hands on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have come to realize that I believe in the theory of progressivism, I believe that progressivim is student-centered curricula. I like how this theory makes the students develop and also develop with others in group work. I know that as a future teacher I want to be able to develop more on this and use this theory. Doing this wiki project has shown me the many different kinds of theories that teachers use, as I said I want to be able to become more of a progressivist teacher, and show students that they can us other students to develop ideas.

 

 

 

 

While reading about these theories of the progressivism philosophy, I learned that this is a great philosophy to go by. I learned that as a progressivist teacher, it is all thinking outside the box and knowing how to go above and beyond and I am all about doing that to help my students. Also, I am a social type learner so I love the way curriculum works with it being centered on groups and working with the physical world. I learned a lot from the Progressivism philosophy and I believe it could help me as a teacher.

 

I have learned that progressivism is a theory based on how well students get along with other students. The Progressivism Theory is based on how students develop and how well they develop with students in a group. As a future teacher I will be able to take this theory and apply it to my class. Through this Wiki project, it has shown me all the different types of theories that teachers have used in the past and some that still use them today. I think the progressivism theory is a great way to show students that they can learn off of each others’ ideas.

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Foundations

The Progressive education movement was an integral part of the early twentieth-century reform impulse directed toward the reconstruction of American democracy through social, as well as cultural, uplift. When done correctly, these reformers contended, education promised to ease the tensions created by the immense social, economic, and political turmoil wrought by the forces of modernity characteristic of fin-de-siècle America.

(http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2336/Progressive-Education.html)

-Kionne Epps

 

-Kionne Epps

 

YouTube - Progressive Education_mov.mht

 

-Kionne Epps

 

The Progressive Program is to develop the perfect society and in order to do have the perfect society you need, to meet the needs of the individuals such as: food clothing, shelter, sanitation, and health. Also a stable population size to preserve the natural resources and earth’s environment. The duty of mankind is to strive for perfection in society and to do that they need intellect and logic. A major thing with Professives is politics, to lose political power is oblivion.

http://covertrationingblog.com/general-rationing-issues/drrichs-theory-of-progressive-thought

-Amanda Richards

 

 http://youtu.be/wQ5mLvSQWDQ

The video shows a philosophy of education video a student did. It shows that progressivism caters to all types of intelligences. It follows a model of learning: first you become aware of a problem, you then define it, following that you create a hypothesis to solve it, you then evaluate the consequences, and finally you test the likliest solution.

-Amanda Reed

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