Progressive Reading Education In America

Author : Patrick Shannon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 135172505X
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progressive Reading Education in America written by Patrick Shannon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface: The Struggle -- 1. Introduction: Then and Now -- Traditional Reading Lessons -- The Struggle for the Reading Curriculum -- Humanists -- A Child-Centered Approach -- Scientific Management -- Social Reconstruction -- Power Within this Struggle -- History -- Progressive -- Justice -- Democracy -- 2. Intellectual Roots -- John Amos Comenius -- Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Mary Wollstonecraft -- Johan Pestalozzi -- Friedrich Froebel -- Frederick Douglass -- Well-established Principles of Teaching -- 3. The Quincy Method in Context -- Portraits of the Public School System -- 4. John Dewey and the Schools of Tomorrow -- Dewey's Vision for Education -- The Laboratory School -- Schools of Tomorrow -- 5. Self and Society -- Child-Centered Pedagogy -- Play -- Emotions -- Self-Direction -- Analyses of Child-Centered Schools -- Social Reconstructionist Pedagogy -- Curriculum -- Literacy -- Equality -- Collaboration -- Agency -- Progressive Reading Instruction -- 6. All In -- Renewed Critiques of Traditional Schooling -- Reading Instruction in Alternative Settings -- The Process of Reading/Learning to Read -- The Process of Writing and Learning to Write -- The Whole Language Umbrella -- Critical Literacy -- Rethinking Schools -- 7. Variations on a Theme -- Cannot Be Traditionally Taught -- Communities In Which They Live -- Accessible to More Children -- Needs to be Lived ... and Move To (Too!) -- Participate in the World with New Mindsets, Identities, and Practices -- Doing School Differently -- 8. Conclusion: To Continue -- What We're Up Against -- In Reading Education -- The Struggle to Continue -- References -- Index

Author : Tom Little
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393246175
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools written by Tom Little and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners. The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this book, his life’s work, he interweaves his teaching experience, the knowledge he gleaned from his trip, and the history of Progressive Education. As Little and Katherine Ellison reveal, these educators and schools invigorate learning and promote inquisitiveness by allowing the curriculum to grow organically out of children's questions—whether they lead to studying the senses, working on a farm, or re-creating a desert ecosystem in the classroom. We see curious students draw on information across disciplines to think in imaginative yet practical ways, like in a "Mini-Maker Faire" or designing and building a chair from scratch. Becoming good citizens was another of Little's goals. He believed in the need for students to learn how to become advocates for themselves, from setting rules on the playground to engaging in issues of social justice in the wider community. Using the philosophy of Progressive Education, schools can prepare students to shape a vibrant future in the arts and sciences for themselves and the nation.

Author : Patrick Shannon
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggle to Continue written by Patrick Shannon and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Struggle to Continue" Patrick Shannon describes the underlying philosophies and practices of alternative literacy programs...child centered teaching and critical literacy...in American schools today. Starting with a Quincy, Massachusetts, classroom in the 1880s and moving through this century with examples from other classrooms and other places, he examines teachers' ideas and practices in an historical context, a point of view that demonstrates that advocates of alternative literacy teaching need not reinvent the theory and inspiration for their struggle. Shannon reveals that these alternative methods develop from a tradition in the history of American education.

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618083459
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Schools Our Children Deserve written by Alfie Kohn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Author : Caroline Pratt
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192157
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Learn from Children written by Caroline Pratt and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir of an innovative American educator and the remarkable school she built—“a lucid presentation of what progressive education can accomplish” (The New York Times). Over a century ago, American educator Caroline Pratt created an innovative school that fosters creativity and independent thought by asking the provocative question: “Was it unreasonable to try to fit the school to the child, rather than . . . the child to the school?” A strong-willed small-town schoolteacher who ran a one-room schoolhouse by the time she was seventeen, Pratt came to viscerally reject the teaching methods of her day, which often featured a long-winded teacher at the front of the room and rows of miserable children sitting on benches nailed to the floor. In this “persuasive presentation of progressive education,” Pratt recounts how she founded what is now the dynamic City and Country School in New York City, invented the “unit blocks” that have become a staple in classrooms around the globe, and played an important role in reimagining preschool and primary-school education in ways that are essential for the tumultuously creative time we live in today (Kirkus Reviews).

Author : Steve Nelson
Publisher : People & Society
ISBN 13 : 9781942146483
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First, Do No Harm written by Steve Nelson and published by People & Society. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Do No Harm: Progressive Education in a Time of Existential Risk develops a comprehensive argument for the importance of progressive education in light of the world's increasingly severe challenges. Current educational practices, particularly in the United States, instill conformity and compliance at a time when authority must be challenged, skepticism must thrive and our students must be imaginative, creative, empathic and passionately alive. Steve Nelson traces the origins of progressive education and cites the rich history and inarguable science behind progressive practices. He argues that a traditional or conventional approach to education has dominated as a matter of political expediency, not good practice, and he provides an unsparing critique of current policy and practice, particularly the excesses of contemporary education reform. Using anecdotes from his many years as an educational leader, he makes the case in an engaging, colorful and accessible style. In the final chapter, Nelson offers a Bill of Educational Rights, hoping teachers, parents and all citizens will demand a more joyful, constructive and loving education for the children in their care.

Author : David Osborne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632869918
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing America's Schools written by David Osborne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From David Osborne, the author of Reinventing Government--a biting analysis of the failure of America's public schools and a comprehensive plan for revitalizing American education. In Reinventing America's Schools, David Osborne, one of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform, offers a comprehensive analysis of the charter school movements and presents a theory that will do for American schools what his New York Times bestseller Reinventing Government did for public governance in 1992. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the city got an unexpected opportunity to recreate their school system from scratch. The state's Recovery School District (RSD), created to turn around failing schools, gradually transformed all of its New Orleans schools into charter schools, and the results are shaking the very foundations of American education. Test scores, school performance scores, graduation and dropout rates, ACT scores, college-going rates, and independent studies all tell the same story: the city's RSD schools have tripled their effectiveness in eight years. Now other cities are following suit, with state governments reinventing failing schools in Newark, Camden, Memphis, Denver, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Oakland. In this book, Osborne uses compelling stories from cities like New Orleans and lays out the history and possible future of public education. Ultimately, he uses his extensive research to argue that in today's world, we should treat every public school like a charter school and grant them autonomy, accountability, diversity of school designs, and parental choice.

Author : Gerard Guthrie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351130439
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classroom Change in Developing Countries written by Gerard Guthrie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progressive Education, derived mainly from Anglo-American culture, has been the primary frame of reference for student-centered classroom change in developing countries for over 50 years. Yet in many developing countries, strong evidence shows that progressivism has not replaced teacher-centered formalistic classroom practice. Classroom Change in Developing Countries: From Progressive Cage to Formalistic Frame presents a robust case for why formalism should be the primary frame of reference for upgrading classroom teaching in developing countries. Theoretically rich yet grounded in practice, the book draws on case studies from Africa, China and Papua New Guinea to show how culturally intuitive formalistic teaching styles can induce positive classroom change. Synthesising research and evaluation literature on classroom change in developing countries, Guthrie examines some of the methodological flaws in the literature. The book considers the progressive cage, and looks at Confucian influences on teaching in China, progressive reform failures in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Papua New Guinea, as well as offering a critical take on some failings in comparative education. It examines the formalistic frame, addresses methodological issues in culturally grounded research and offers a model of teaching styles for basic classroom research. The book concludes by returning the focus back to teachers and considers the so-called teacher resistance to change. The book will be an essential purchase for academics and research students engaged in the fields of classroom teaching, teacher education and curriculum and will also be of interest to academics, aid officials, and decision-makers in developing countries.

Author : Burchill Georgine 1868-
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019479735
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Progressive Road To Reading written by Burchill Georgine 1868- and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1935, this pioneering work was designed to help young children develop language and reading skills in a progressive and systematic way. Its innovative approach included the use of controlled vocabulary and carefully sequenced stories and exercises, making it a landmark in the field of early literacy education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Progressive Education Association (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progressive Education Booklet written by Progressive Education Association (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains partial proceedings of the 1937-39 annual national conferences of the Assn. (1939 called National John Dewey Conference).