Progressive Education

Revisioning and Reframing Ontario's Public Schools, 1919-1942

AvTheodore Michael Christou

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Over the course of the twentieth century, North American public school curricula moved away from the classics and the humanities, and towards ‘progressive’ subjects such as health and social studies. This book delves into how progressivist thinking transformed the rhetoric and the structure of schooling during the first half of the twentieth century, with echoes that reverberate strongly today, and investigates historical meanings of progressive education.Theodore Michael Christou closely examines the case of interwar Ontario, where the entire landscape of public education, including curricula and avenues to post-secondary study, were radically transformed over just twenty years. Christou contextualizes this reformist thinking in light of a social, political, and economic climate of change, which seemed to demand schools that could actively relate learning to the real world. Through its examination of educational journals published throughout the interwar period and previously unexplored archival sources, this book illuminates how the present structure of curricula and schooling were achieved.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-09-17
Mått:160 x 236 x 21 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781442645424
Utmärkelser:Winner of Founders' Prize awarded by Canadian History of Education Association 2014 (Canada)

Utforska kategorier

Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Theodore Michael Christou is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University.

Recensioner i media

‘A superb study on education in Ontario in the interwar period, Progressive Education has indeed become required reading for any student of educational history.’ - Anthony Di Mascio (Histoire sociale / Social History vol 47:92:2014) ‘Christou’s work is an essential study of progressive educational thought and a useful addition to the field of Canadian education history. It will be of significant help to Canada’s future teachers.’ - George Buri (Labour/Le Travail, vol 73 2014) ‘Christou has given us a deep insight into the progressive thinking of Ontario Educators and lay persons during the inter war years.’ - Robert M. Stamp (Historical Studies in Education; vol 25:02:2013)

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Was Progressive Education?1 Ontario’s Educational Context in the Interwar Period2 Approaching Progressive Education3 Progressive as Active Learning: Critiques of Rote Scholarship in School Child Study and Developmental PsychologySocial Efficiency and Adjustment to IndustrySocial Meliorism and Engagement with Social Ills4 Progressive as Individualized Instruction: Critiques of Content-Driven Learning Child Study and Developmental PsychologySocial Efficiency and Adjustment to IndustrySocial Meliorism and Engagement with Social Ills5 Progressive as Contemporary: Critiques of Learning Correlating Schools and Society Child Study and Developmental PsychologySocial Efficiency and Adjustment to IndustrySocial Meliorism and Engagement with Social Ills6 Humanists as the Foil to Progressivists: Resistance to Progressivist Reforms in Ontario7 Continuities and Change: Reforming the Curriculum and the War’s Impact on Progressivist Rhetoric, 1937–1942Conclusion: Progressive in a Parallel WayAppendicesAppendix A. Public School Enrolments in OntarioAppendix B. Composition of the Department of EducationAppendix C. Circulation Statistics for Source JournalsNotesReferencesIndex