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Peer reviewedReese, William J. – History of Education Quarterly, 2001
Explains that in the United States, child-centered progressivism was part of a larger humanitarian movement led by the northern middle classes in the antebellum and postbellum periods. States that games, stories, play time and informal learning experiences became part of a broader educational discourse due to the writings of Johann Pestalozzi and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Experience
