PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION - A MOSAIC OF PROGRESSIVE IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE EDUCATIONALY THEORY

Vzgoja in izobraževanje se je skozi čas spreminjala v skladu s političnimi, ekonomskimi in družbenimi spremembami. Hkrati s spremembami v učnih načrtih in oblikami poučevanja se je spreminjal tudi položaj učitelja in učenca. Na prelomu 19. v 20. stoletje se je pojavilo gibanje, ki je na temeljih smernic naprednih pedagogov kot sta Pestalozzi in Rousseau, postavilo v ospredje izobraževanja otroka, njegove potrebe in interes. V Združenih državah je John Dewey postal osrednja oseba gibanja, ki ga poznamo pod imenom progresivna pedagogika. Pod tem pojmom se pojavljajo različna gibanja, ki jim je skupno nasprotovanje tradicionalni vzgoji in izobraževanju. Zaradi različnih interpretacij ostaja progresivna pedagogika, v Sloveniji bolj uveljavljena pod imenom reformska pedagogika, predmet razprav in kritik, predvsem s strani tako imenovanih tradicionalistov, ki ji očitajo, da so posledica takšne sodobne vzgoje otroci s pomanjkljivim znanjem.Education has been changing within time according to political, economic and social changes. Along with differencies in curriculum and teaching methods the position of teacher and pupils significantely changed. At the turn of the century a movement based on Pestalozzi and Rousseau\u27s child centered ideas occured an changed the views on education in roots. In the United States John Dewey became the central figure of the movement known as progressive education. The main ideas of the movement are opposition to traditional education. Due to different interpretations, the progressive pedagogy, in Slovenia known as reform pedagogy, remains the subject of discussions and criticism especially by the so called traditionalists who claim that the consequences of modern education is lack of core knowledge in pupils