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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826498703321

Autore

Silcock Peter

Titolo

New Progressivism / / Peter Silcock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Falmer Press, 1999

ISBN

1-135-70008-7

1-135-70009-5

1-280-10516-X

0-585-44788-8

0-203-48744-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

370.941

Soggetti

Progressive education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover -- New Progressivism -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The need for a revised progressivist ideology -- Recent historical background -- Structuring the argument -- Chapter 2 The Value of Educational Ideologies -- What are educational ideologies? -- Problems with educational ideologies -- The value of educational ideologies -- Chapter 3 Progressivism, Traditionalism and Pragmatism -- How many educational ideologies are there? -- Defining educational ideologies -- Three ideologies -- Mixing ideologies -- Chapter 4 Progressivism and National Curricula -- International comparisons -- Progressivism in English primary schools -- Alternative classroom ideologies -- Summary -- Chapter 5 New Progrcssivism: Principles to Be Reviewed -- Chapter 6 Developmentalism -- Piaget and Vygotsky -- Reconciling developmental traditions -- Summary: a 'new' developmentalism -- Chapter 7 Curricular Values: The Relationships between Learners and their Knowledge -- The problem with traditional values -- Processes -- Learners' relationships with their knowledge -- Process outcomes -- Progressivism and educational humanism -- Chapter 8 Informal Teaching Methods -- The nature of formal and informal teaching -- Pragmatic methodologies -- Dewey and a



democratic primary school classroom -- Procedural principles -- Chapter 9 Choice -- Liberating learners -- Pupil rights -- Pupil autonomy -- Conclusion: educating for autonomy-mapping, assisting, guiding -- Chapter 10 Modern Progressivism -- Ideological foundations -- Ideological roots -- Critics of the English/Welsh National Curriculum -- Modern progressivists -- References -- Index.