PROGRESSIVISM

What is Progressivism ? Based on the belief that education should

be child-centered rather than the focused on the teacher or content area

Student-Centered philosophy

Who founded it? When was it

founded?John Dewey founded Progressivism. He was a philosopher, psychologist, and an educational reformer.It was founded in during the 1920’s.

Description

Description Continued Based on the concerns, curiosity, and

real-world experiences of students Interest centers located all around the

room Encourages students to work together Use the “problem solving approach” and

the “experimental focus”

GoalsI. Become aware of the goal.II. Define the objectives.III. Propose hypotheses to achieve a goalIV. Evaluate the consequences of the

hypotheses from one’s past experiencesV. Test the most likely solution.

Teacher centered, Student centered, or Community

centeredSTUDENT CENTERED

Examples http://youtu.be/_nvci3aMmQM http://youtu.be/wQ5mLvSQWDQ http://youtu.be/SqQZ0SBLdDI http://youtu.be/LhB_0bHm1MA

Reference www.education.com/referance/article/Ref_

Student_Centered/ www.uvm.edu/~dewey/articles/proged.ht

ml www.slideshare.net/CPappasOnline/educa

tional~progressivism www.albany.edu/~dkw42/s2_dewey_progr.

html Becoming a teacher/Forrest W. Parkay.—

9th ed. Copyright 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.