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Progressive Education

Progressive Education. 16 November 2011. Lecture Outline. 1. Psychology & Education Behaviourism Freudian theory 2. Progressive education John Dewey 4 elements 3. Progressive education in Canada Implementation Critiques Hilda Neatby. Psychology & Education. Behaviourism

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Progressive Education

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  1. Progressive Education 16 November 2011

  2. Lecture Outline 1. Psychology & Education • Behaviourism • Freudian theory 2. Progressive education • John Dewey • 4 elements 3. Progressive education in Canada • Implementation • Critiques • Hilda Neatby

  3. Psychology & Education Behaviourism • Response to hereditarianism • Habit training • Scientific child rearing • Children could be programmed to respond & act in specific ways • Validated traditional methods • Rote learning • Memorization • punishment

  4. Psychology & Education Freudian Theory • Understanding the child as an individual • Children: curious & unique • Impact: • Educators job to understand children, not control them • Influenced progressive theory of education

  5. John Dewey & Progressive Education • John Dewey b. 1859 • American educator • View of traditional education: • Too limiting • Didn’t promote understanding • Too authoritarian John Dewey c. 1890s source: ucls.uchicago.edu

  6. Dewey & Progressive Education Education: child-centred, not subject-centred Four Main Elements • Develop the child’s personality • Emphasize the whole child • Hands-on learning • The ‘new’ teacher Expected results: • Different attitude towards education • Children: think for themselves • Become better citizens

  7. Progressive Education in Canada • 1925: BC supported the implementation of progressive education • Social and political climate led to delays • Hilda Neatby • Critic of progressive education • So Little for the Mind (1953) Hilda Neatby source: scaa.usask.ca

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