Progressive Education Movement

William Hayes is associate professor of teacher education at Roberts Wesleyan College. During his forty-five years in education, he has worked as a high school teacher, department chairman, assistant principal, both a junior and senior high school principal, superintendent, college division chairman, and professor.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Rise of Progressive EducationChapter 3 John DeweyChapter 4 Other Pioneers in the Progressive Education MovementChapter 5 The Progressive Education Movement During the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyChapter 6 The FiftiesChapter 7 The Sixties and SeventiesChapter 8 A Nation at Risk (1983)Chapter 9 The Eighties and NinetiesChapter 10 No Child Left BehindChapter 11 Maria MontessoriChapter 12 Teacher Education ProgramsChapter 13 Middle SchoolsChapter 14 ChoiceChapter 15 Education of the Gifted and TalentedChapter 16 Progressive Education TodayChapter 17 The Future of Progressive Education

The author of nine other books, Hayes (Roberts Wesleyan College) provides an admirably clear account of the history of progressive education and its prospects in today's schools. The early chapters trace progressive education from its roots in Rousseau and Pestalozzi, through Dewey and into the first half of the twentieth century, and into more recent times by focusing on such legislation as A Nation at Risk and No Child Left Behind. Then the aim is to detail progressive tendencies in modern teacher education programs, choice movements, and gifted and talented education. Two final chapters describe progressive education today and assay the future of progressive education. The book clearly is intended for teacher education students, but it would also interest a general audience. Recommended.