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  2. Progressive education - Wikipedia

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    Progressive education, or educational progressivism, is a pedagogical movement that began in the late 19th century and has persisted in various forms to the present. In Europe, progressive education took the form of the New Education Movement .

  3. Francis Wayland Parker - Wikipedia

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    Francis Wayland Parker (October 9, 1837 – March 2, 1902) was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — mental, physical, and moral. John Dewey called him the "father of progressive education

  4. William Heard Kilpatrick - Wikipedia

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    In 1907-1909 Kilpatrick was a student in Teachers College at Columbia University (New York City), where he took courses in history of education under Paul Monroe [2] (1869-1947), philosophy of education under John Angus MacVannel [3] (1871-1915), psychology under Edward Lee Thorndike [4] (1874-1949), and philosophy under Frederick James Eugene ...

  5. A. S. Neill - Wikipedia

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    In Neill's philosophy, the goal was maintenance of happiness through avoidance of repressive habits from society. [40] Despite Neill's common citation as a leader within progressive education, his ideas were considerably more radical, and he was called an extremist by other radicals. [38]

  6. Philosophy of education - Wikipedia

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    Educational progressivism is the belief that education must be based on the principle that humans are social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other people. Progressivists, like proponents of most educational theories, claim to rely on the best available scientific theories of learning.

  7. George Counts - Wikipedia

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    George Sylvester Counts (December 9, 1889 – November 10, 1974) was an American educator and influential education theorist.. An early proponent of the progressive education movement of John Dewey, Counts became its leading critic affiliated with the school of Social reconstructionism in education.

  8. Alternative education - Wikipedia

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    Alternative education in Canada stems from two philosophical educational points of view, Progressive and Libertarian. [8] According to Levin, 2006 the term "alternative" was adopted partly to distinguish these schools from the independent, parent-student-teacher-run "free" schools that preceded them (and from which some of the schools actually evolved) and to emphasize the boards' commitment ...

  9. Progressivism - Wikipedia

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    While the term progressivism represents a range of diverse political pressure groups, not always united, progressives rejected social Darwinism, believing that the problems society faced, such as class warfare, greed, poverty, racism and violence, could best be addressed by providing good education, a safe environment, and an efficient workplace.