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The Progressive Education Movement: Is It Still a Factor in Today's Schools?
William Hayes
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Description for The Progressive Education Movement: Is It Still a Factor in Today's Schools?
Hardcover. In this book, William Hayes takes a look at the past, present, and possible future of the progressive education movement. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
For more than one hundred years, the United States has been the scene of academic warfare between traditional and progressive educators. During most of our nation's history, many Americans have assumed that the primary purpose of school is to pass on to children the information and skills necessary to survive in our society. This traditional view accepts the fact that a teacher's task is to inform children as to what they should know. Officials at the state and local level determine the content of students' education, and it is the teacher's job to ensure that the content is taught. Even ... Read more
For more than one hundred years, the United States has been the scene of academic warfare between traditional and progressive educators. During most of our nation's history, many Americans have assumed that the primary purpose of school is to pass on to children the information and skills necessary to survive in our society. This traditional view accepts the fact that a teacher's task is to inform children as to what they should know. Officials at the state and local level determine the content of students' education, and it is the teacher's job to ensure that the content is taught. Even ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
R&L Education
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781578865215
SKU
V9781578865215
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Ref
99-15
About William Hayes
William Hayes is associate professor of teacher education at Roberts Wesleyan College. During his forty-five years in education, he has worked as a high school teacher, department chairman, assistant principal, both a junior and senior high school principal, superintendent, college division chairman, and professor.
Reviews for The Progressive Education Movement: Is It Still a Factor in Today's Schools?
The author of nine other books, Hayes (Roberts Wesleyan College) provides an admirably clear account of the history of progressive education and its prospects in today's schools. The early chapters trace progressive education from its roots in Rousseau and Pestalozzi, through Dewey and into the first half of the twentieth century, and into more recent times by focusing on such ... Read more