Education EPortfolio

Progressive education is very much the opposite of traditional education, but it’s been very hard to implement and make changes to the current education system. John Dewey is part of the progressive education movement and in the reading for progressive education, he goes in-depth about the changes we could be making, why, and the relation to a global context. Relating progressive education globally, we are seeing the rise of many different naturalist studies being implemented in schools (as well as…

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Looking into Levins Article, we see that there is much more that goes into curriculum making than what is typically thought. Its not just making a list of goals and then implementing it, there is politics as well as many different groups of people helping to develop it. The curriculum is developed on two levels, the first being broad goals and the second being specific learning objectives. There are several groups involved in the making including politicians, educators, board members,…

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