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ERIC Number: EJ358531
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Concept of Progress in Educational Thought: Instrumentalist Theories Considered.
Partington, Geoffrey
Oxford Review of Education, v13 n2 p141-49 1987
This article examines the concept of progress within instrumentalist theories of education. Older and more wide-spread than liberal, reconstructionist, or child-centered theories, instrumentalist theories focus on the correctness of "fit" between an educational provision and the supposed needs of the particular society. (JDH)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foundations of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Instrumental Theories of Education