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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Progressive education is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century and has persisted in various forms to the present. In Europe, progressive education took the form of the New Education Movement. The term progressive was engaged to distinguish this education from the traditional curricula of the 19th century, which was rooted in classical preparation for the university and strongly differentiated by social class. By contrast, progressive education finds its roots in modern experience. Most progressive education programs have these qualities in common:

•	Emphasis on learning by doing – hands-on projects, expeditionary learning, experiential learning
	•	Integrated curriculum focused on thematic units
	•	Strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking
	•	Group work and development of social skills
	•	Understanding and action as the goals of learning as opposed to rote knowledge
	•	Collaborative and cooperative learning projects
	•	Education for social responsibility and democracy
	•	Integration of community service and service learning projects into the daily curriculum[2]
	•	Selection of subject content by looking forward to ask what skills will be needed in future society[3]
	•	De-emphasis on textbooks in favor of varied learning resources
	•	Emphasis on lifelong learning and social skills
	•	Assessment by evaluation of child's projects and productions[/quote]

This is why much of this is edu-babble. Even our religious (and liberal social justice leaning) school with a traditional teaching pedagogy does all of these things, plus makes sure there are text books available and ensures that kids learn to memorize in addition to everything on the list.

So progressive education just means we don't learn to take tests and don't develop vital memory skills? I'm not sure there is a good evidence to support that we should eliminate the memory part of brain development.[/quote]

The skills identified above are much more likely to be helpful in modern work Place than is regurgitating facts by rote. Computers are here to stay for boring mental tasks. Who remember more than a few phone numbers since our smart phones collect all that data.

Learning what to do with all this information in the Information Age is much needed. The human jobs not delegated to technology require good communication and social skills as well as critical thinking to wade through all the misinformation. [/quote]

Call me when my upper elementary progressive school kid finally actually knows how to yell time, anything about the weather, colonies (not present day immigration presented as not controversial), math facts, spelling/ root words, and gets marked down for barely using any punctuation. [/quote]

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