Progressive education, or educational progressivism, is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century and persists in various forms today. It organizes learning around hands-on projects and the child's own interests rather than rote transmission of facts, treating understanding and action, not memorized knowledge, as the goal of instruction. John Dewey was among its most influential theorists, holding that education is fundamentally a social process through which the individual comes to participate in the wider community.
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Most Effective ForIts own theorists hold it suits learning by doing, hands-on projects aimed at understanding and action rather than rote recall of facts, and self-directed inquiry grounded in a learner's own interests; the claim rests on the movement's own account of what such motivation achieves. 1 Central QuestionShould a school organize its teaching around a child's own interests and firsthand experience, using intrinsic motivation, rather than around a fixed body of facts delivered for extrinsic rewards such as grades? 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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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.
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Traditional education uses extrinsic motivation, such as grades and prizes. Progressive education is more likely to use intrinsic motivation, basing activities on the interests of the child.
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understanding and action as the goals of learning as opposed to rote knowledge
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Education according to John Dewey is the 'participation of the individual in the social consciousness of the race' (Dewey, 1897, para. 1).
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