SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

The Golden Mean

Here’s an interesting video from the 40’s that explains the thinking behind “progressive” education trends. Of course, it’s impossible to tell from the little bit shown, but it looks as if schooling in the 40’s probably struck the right balance between traditional methods and progressive methods. No one could have predicted, however, that educators would have gone to such extremes as they have today. One gets the feeling that the main proponent of progressive methods, John Dewey, would have been appalled if he could have foreseen where his ideas would lead.