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Download full textPerrone, Vito – Insights, 1983
This paper traces the development of progressivism in American education, a movement that emphasizes the development of all the native capacities of each child, instead of just teaching reading, writing, and the gathering of facts. Focusing first on the post-Civil War period, the author discusses reformists' early arguments against the linear…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
