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    PROGRESSIVISM

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    Progressivism emphasizes change and adapting to new knowledge and circumstances. The education process should allow children to develop naturally in a democratic environment focused on dynamic, real-world experiences. There are no fixed curriculum, aims, or values; instead, learning should relate to students' interests and involve cooperation between school and home. The progressive school serves as a laboratory for experimenting with new educational approaches.

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    Progressivism emphasizes change and adapting to new knowledge and circumstances. The education process should allow children to develop naturally in a democratic environment focused on dynamic, real-world experiences. There are no fixed curriculum, aims, or values; instead, learning should relate to students' interests and involve cooperation between school and home. The progressive school serves as a laboratory for experimenting with new educational approaches.

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    Progressivism emphasizes change and adapting to new knowledge and circumstances. The education process should allow children to develop naturally in a democratic environment focused on dynamic, real-world experiences. There are no fixed curriculum, aims, or values; instead, learning should relate to students' interests and involve cooperation between school and home. The progressive school serves as a laboratory for experimenting with new educational approaches.

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    PROGRESSIVISM

    Education must be ready to modify methods and policies in the light of new knowledge and changes.
    Human nature improves by change; hence Progressivism emphasizes change in the whole
    education process.
    The child should be free to develop naturally in a democratic environment.
    The key to reality is dynamic experience.
    It advocates cultural liberalism. A liberal culture according to progressivists is open rather than
    closed.
    Driving force is matter and not the spirit.
    No fixed values, aims, and curricula in advance.
    Learning should be directly related to the interests of the child. Because the "interests" stimulated by
    dir experience is the best stimulus for learning.
    There should be close cooperation between the school and the home. School should encourage
    cooperate rather than competition among students.
    The progressive school should be a laboratory for pedagogical reform and experimentation.
    The whole educational system is aimed at producing such activity and dynamic person who is fit for
    and democratic environment.
    The ultimate aim of education is to bring change considering the present and future needs.
    Education is creative and changing. Hence curriculum should not be fixed in advance but be
    develop Contextually according to the immediate needs and interests of the students.
    The curriculum, textbooks, and other learning activities should materially be more productive and
    market oriented.
    Emphasis on natural/modern sciences
    "Individual Differences" must be kept in view in the process of curriculum development.
    The curricular activities should encourage the individual self-expression/individual action.
    Progressivism claims to discourage ideological indoctrination and teaching the permanent
    values particularly based on religious dogmas.
    Dynamic learning experiences Scientific Methods/Problem solving Field-trips/Group work/
    Practical activities
    Mind developing is essentially a "do-it-yourself project"
    Pupil-centered approach. Students' role in the educational process is active.
    Teacher as a guide/facilitator and not a policeman/authoritarian
    Encourages interactive/participative/collaborative/collective/shared teaching-learning process.
    For creativity, individual self-expression, and active intelligence, the classroom environment
    should democratic.
    Teacher should pay more attention to the individual child
    Teacher should discourage the exclusive reliance on bookish methods of instruction and passive
    learning memorization of factual data.
    Progressivists are against the use of fear and physical punishment as a form of discipline and
    believe discipline from within.

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