Progressive Education in the 1940s

This video presents a positive view of progressive education although it begins with a parent complaining that children are not learning the fundamentals. Various educators are seen including famed John Dewey. One skeptic asserts that ideas similar to progressive education caused a collapse of the ancient Greek civilization. Current debates about educational techniques in many respects seem similar to what was occurring in the 1940s.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: danieljbmitchell

Length: 07:16
Rating: 4.65
Views: 29079

Tags: 1940s  John-Dewey  progressive-education  

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