Beyond structuralism and voluntarism: The politics and discourse of Progressive school reform, 1890?1930

The Progressive movement advocated what today seem to be contradictory initiatives.

“The Progressive movement advocated what today seem to be contradictory initiatives (Emirbayer, 1992).”

A marked shift in educational philosophy between Cohort 2 and Cohort 6 was the Progressive movement in education, which peaked in the 1920s and whose most noted proponent was John Dewey.

“A marked shift in educational philosophy between Cohort 2 and Cohort 6 was the Progressive movement in education, which peaked in the 1920s and whose most noted proponent was John Dewey (Emirbayer, 1992).”

Cohorts not only differ in quantitative aspects of education but often also have experienced qualitatively different educational systems.

“However, cohorts not only differ in such quantitative aspects of education but often also have experienced qualitatively different educational systems (e.g., shift from rote learning to more participatory strategies, such as discovery learning; see Emirbayer, 1992; Schaie, 2008) for which we unfortunately have not had any direct data.”