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ERIC Number: EJ523826
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-956X
Lessons from the Past: Individualism and Community in Three Progressive Schools.
Semel, Susan F.; Sadovnik, Alan R.
Peabody Journal of Education, v70 n4 p56-85 Sum 1995
Examines fundamental tensions between the individual and community as manifested in the philosophy and practice of three progressive New York City Schools. The historical case studies of private progressive education demonstrate a tension between liberal and communitarian dimensions of progressive education, a tension implicit in progressive educational theory and practice. (SM)
Descriptors: Community, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualism, Parent School Relationship, Private Schools, Progressive Education, Social Values, Student Centered Curriculum, Student School Relationship, Urban Schools, Values Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: City and Country School NY; Dalton School NY; Dewey (John); Diversity (Student); Downtown Community School NY; New York (New York)
Note: Theme issue title: "Education and the Liberal-Communitarian Debate."