Date of Award
Spring 5-7-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
First Advisor
Eric Morser
Second Advisor
Hope Casto
Abstract
Pedagogical progressive education, as defined through the work of John Dewey, Helen Parkhurst, and Carleton Washburne was the precursor to the contemporary homeschooling movement in ideology, practice, and rhetoric as defined by the writing and pedagogy of John Holt. Their shared beliefs in community, student freedom, and good experience as pertinent to education marked the relationship between these two pedagogical methods. Despite Holt's departure from the classroom through his unschooling method, the ideological consistencies between the movement are undeniable, suggesting we rethink the relationship between progressive education and homeschooling and our basic assumptions about the legacy of both movements.
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Recommended Citation
Klapisch, Jacques, ""Learning by Doing, by Wondering, by Figuring Things Out:" A New Look at Contemporary Homeschooling and Pedagogical Progressivism" (2021). History Honors Theses. 6.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/hist_stu_schol/6
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