The Second Coming of Progressivism
Abstract
Progressive educators of the 20th century diagnosed education’s central problem with remarkable clarity: the curriculum curse that condemns students to years of practicing skills whose purpose remains opaque. They proposed a radical solution: let students engage with authentic complexity from the start. Their vision was theoretically sound, pedagogically promising, and practically impossible on the large scale; until now.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
Problem and Project Based Learning
Education Pedagogy and Practices
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 89–102
- Publication date
- 19 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter