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library_brandy's review against another edition
5.0
The next time someone asks for my Statement of Teaching Philosophy, I'm just going to hand them this book. It's everything I've been struggling to articulate in interviews and conversations. Progressive Education makes intuitive sense to me--kids learn by having the opportunities to learn, by following their interests and building on concepts organically, rather than studying each piece in a vacuum and never connecting them.
All schools should be run this way. I'm lucky in that, as the school Librarian, I'm not tied to standardized tests and I can run my classes with these progressive, hands-on principles in mind.
Worth a read even if you're not in a position to implement a lot of it. There's plenty of room for improvement in public schools. Read it. Think about it. This is what education can be, and should be.
All schools should be run this way. I'm lucky in that, as the school Librarian, I'm not tied to standardized tests and I can run my classes with these progressive, hands-on principles in mind.
Worth a read even if you're not in a position to implement a lot of it. There's plenty of room for improvement in public schools. Read it. Think about it. This is what education can be, and should be.
evamadera1's review against another edition
3.0
While reserving books from my to-read list from the library, I stumbled across this title. I reserved the book because of my personal background. Not only did I earn a degree in education and teach for two years, I also wrote my senior history paper in college on Progressive Education in a local school district. I figured that this book would be light on the historical aspect seeing as how it is an education book not a work of history. However, I believe that the author could have made his argument stronger by spending more than a simple chapter on a cursory overview of Progressive Education. Just like the rest of the book (and many other education books) the chapter on the history of Progressive Education was light on facts and details and heavy on anecdotes and name dropping. Despite Little's indistinct term definition, my desire to teach was restarted just a tad. (Then I remembered why I'm not cut out for it. :D) Ultimately Little fails in his goal of trying to persuade the reader to his point of view, that Progressive Education is without a doubt the way that all schools need to go.
For this interested in progressive education this book is a good start but do not end your research about the topic with this book. Keep investigating.
For this interested in progressive education this book is a good start but do not end your research about the topic with this book. Keep investigating.
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