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Classroom activity should focus on problem solving rather than on artificial methods of teaching subject matter.

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Through the problem-solving process, the students would not only learn facts but they would have learned how to think and how to use their thoughts in the world of experience.

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The teacher's role is that of advisor, guide, and fellow traveler, rather than that of authoritarian and classroom director.

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Progressive Principles - Active Learners

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Progressive Principles - Active Learners

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Children are not passive learners, but rather intensely active beings who want to learn.

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Progressivism puts the child at the focal point of the school.

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The school is a microcosm of the larger society.

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Children have a natural desire to learn and discover things about the world around them.

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The social atmosphere of the school should be cooperative and democratic.

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Children's interests are a starting point for the learning experience; it should be harnessed by the teacher, who will create a learning environment that has a motivational force.

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Progressives were not unified on all theoretical matters; they did agree on generally condemning the following: authoritarian teachers, heavy reliance on textbooks, passive learning by memorization, isolating education from social reality, use of fear or physical punishment as a form of discipline.

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Progressive education must be seen as both an organized movement and as a theory if one is to understand its history and impact.

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The teachers help students learn how to learn by themselves.

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According to progressives, knowledge is an instrument for managing experiences and not from receiving information from an abstract substance.

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Instruction grows out of students' needs, interests, and initiatives.

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The school should promote student government, the free discussion of ideas, and the involvement of students and faculty in both learning and educational planning.