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Article: Progressive education in the 21st century. (Among the Periodicals).(review of recent articles on education issues)(Bibliography)
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- Childhood Education
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- September 22, 2002
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Is progressive education alive and well in the 21st century or is it just an amusing part of our history? The articles reviewed in this column were found by doctoral students in early childhood education and educational leadership as they strove to answer this question.--J.A.
Although the media is dominated by reports on the merits of traditional education, the five articles reviewed here reveal that the influence of progressive education, which originated over 100 years ago, is still vital to current education issues. Early progressive educators, including Patty Smith Hill, William Heard Kilpatrick, Marietta Johnson, Lucy Sprague Mitchell, and John Dewey, were ...