Progressive Theory of Education

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Progressive Theory of Education

• By
• Shereen Woodhouse-Pierce

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What is progressivism?

• It is a curriculum that is jointly directed by
  teachers focusing on the student their needs.
  Progressivism encourages students to explore
  investigate information, too deepen broaden
  their understanding.

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Who determines the curriculum?
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What are the needs of the students?
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Academic needs.

• Students are taught how to learn, and how to
  continue the learning process.

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Social needs.

• Students engage in open communication and
  socialization with their peers, teachers, and
  friends.

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Physical needs.

• Students are taught to explore, to see, to
  touch, and to think about their environment.

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Progressivism poem.

• To learn about your environment and not linger in
  the past,
• To learn to use your life skills, in or out of
  class,
• To learn to explore school subjects, taking them
  apart,
• To learn to keep learning, no matter what the
  path,
• To be a great student, a master of his path.
• by Shereen Woodhouse-Pierce