Progressive Education : Setting An Agenda For Sustainable Development

The twentieth century only saw an increase in the industrialization and urbanization that began in the nineteenth century. The new social, political and economic problems that began to emerge due to all of the changes developing in America during these times led to a need for reform. Reform was needed throughout society whether it was in regards to immigrants, civil rights, regulating trusts, or woman’s rights to name a few. These problems extended equally into the problems that educational progressives sought out to reform. John Dewey is commonly used as the embodiment of progressive era reformation ideas but there were others as well, such as Grace C. Strachan, George Counts, and Booker T. Washington.

When students think of educational schooling, they think of grueling hours of sitting in a classroom and getting lectured about things they do not believe they will ever apply to the real life. Maybe it is just me. Not many students in the more richer and developed countries will ever realize how privileged they are. It is so easy to say that they do not like or want something even when it is presented to them. However, there are still places that are not given the opportunity to improve their lifestyles because they do not have an access to schooling. Access to education is a very important factor to bridge the gap between developed and underdeveloped countries. It is also the reason that humans have gotten this far in history. Without teaching

Due to the (1) significance of education for each child on the planet, the (2) existing barriers to education around the world and the fact that (3) education is a lifelong learning process for everyone, this essay argues that it is essential to make sure that everyone in the world gets an education.

Education plays a major role in the modern life to all individuals in society. It has allowed societies to prosper both socially and economically by enabling them to develop common values and culture. Our world is constantly changing and it requires a prepared society that is well prepared in understanding the problems deriving from culture differences and tolerance of one another’s beliefs and perceptions. We are dealing with systemic problems in education, economic, government, religion and culture differences.

Using the examples said by Horton, Graff, Staples and Herbert, education needs to have the correct resources and student s that are willing to strive for success and improve the wellbeing of schools and institutions alike that will not only improve the overall quality of work but effectiveness and quality of that work. Overall the authors were trying to speak upon the improvement of education and the necessary changes and problems that have occurred throughout developing institutions. Education should keep students involved and interested when persuading them to take more rigorous courses and keep these foundations in

Education plays a larger component in the lives of people all around the world since it gives them capital, such as human, cultural, and social capital. Furthermore, education provides populations with all sorts of skills that can improve their quality of life. However, there happen to also be inequalities of education and diverse minorities have a grueling time trying to adjust their future. Numerous studies have shown a strong correlation of socioeconomic status and education, including how difficult it is to improve one's quality of life when coming from a low socioeconomic status.

Amartya Sen, an economist and international development theorist, found that the development of any nation is based the ideological principles of education, health and income. Modernization theory emphasizes that the underdevelopment of a nation is due to the solidification of tradition values, and the concurrent disregard for the need for modern education practices. The impact of this is seen through the thoughts by Isbister who states while the third world is out of commitment towards areas of science and technology, countries on the northern hemisphere are showing prosperity both economically and in quality of life (Isbister). Education is a vital catalyst to initiate growth in a country’s level of infrastructure. Educated individuals become aware of scientific and technical knowledge that leads to a more skilled population/workforce, which developed nations relay on in our current industrialized economy.

Education comes with social benefits as well which can improve the situation of the poor, such as lower fertility and improved health care of children ("Poverty and Education"). "Poor people are often unable to obtain access to an adequate education, and without an adequate education people are often constrained to a life of poverty." - Servaas Van Der Berg. The absolutely poor in developing countries have low education levels. Some may not even have access to primary education or may not have completed their primary education, not realizing that it is important to reduce poverty. Education is often poorly measured, and the impacts do not always show up as statistically significant in cross- country growth regressions (Levine & Renelt, 1992). Africa’s education crisis makes media headlines and analysis by the Brookings Center for Universal Education (CUE) explains why this needs to change. Progress towards universal primary education has come to a halt and learning levels of children who are in school are poor as well. Using a Learning Barometer, CUE estimates that 61 million African children will reach adolescence lacking even the most basic literacy and numeracy skills, this will deprive a whole generation of opportunities to develop and escape poverty ("Poverty, Education, & Opportunity").

In other countries children not educated and sometimes they are not literate. Education is a big deal in children’s lives because without education, children will grow up and not have the skills they need to get a job to support themselves. Even though the dramatic improvements over the decade, progress towards better

Educational attainment in middle income countries is restrictive, for most citizens education beyond primary school is beyond their grasp. Although it is well established that one of the strongest predictors for a country’s economic growth is the education level of its population many middle income countries simply can not afford to make the necessary changes to their respective countries education systems. Education reform would require a monstrous amount of funding, with issues like infrastructure improvement, and financial market instability on these countries policy agendas, education reform isn’t the focus. (de Haan, 1996)

As a result of poverty and marginalization, more than 72 million children around the world remain unschooled. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected area with over 32 million children of primary school age remaining uneducated. Central and Eastern Asia, as well as the Pacific, are also severely affected by this problem with more than 27 million uneducated children. In addition, these regions must also resolve continuing problems of educational poverty (a child in education for less than 4 years) and extreme educational poverty (a child in education for less than 2 years) (Omwami & Keller, 2010).

I think education is indispensable to everyone in this earth , all of people want to study to have many choices in their life . But some parts are not like to study at all , they always hide from education and after that they don’t have good futures . In this side , we going to talk about what effect does illiteracy have all around the world . And it effects a lot , they decreases industries, education and some business jobs because if we don’t have education , it means we don’t knowledge, so we cant help to improve the world’s industry . You can see in Africa , they don’t have good education so they become illiteracy , and then in Africa , they don’t have good industry because they don’t knowledge to improve that

Sustainability development has three components: environment, society, and economy. If you consider the three to be overlapping circles of the same size, the area of overlap in the center is human well-being. As the environment, society, and economy become more aligned, the area of overlap increases, and so does human well-being. Therefore, education for sustainable development (ESD) is the use of education as a tool to achieve sustainability. Simply put, ESD is a way to make the world a safer, healthier, and more livable place for us and future generations (McKeown, 2002, pgs 7-9).

Progressive Education refers to a pedagogical movement that started as a means to reform traditional teaching methods. The approach in Progressive Education is a method of teaching that recognises the value of self-expression, flexible and informal classroom atmosphere and proper attention for every student. It lays emphasis on learning through experience rather than memorising facts without having clear understanding of certain concepts and literature. Progressive Education is a result of the progressive thought of various 19th century educators who decided that there had to be a better way of imparting knowledge and educating children. Some influential progressive educators were John Dewey and William H. Kirkpatrick.

The substratum of the society is predicated on inculcation since it brings economic and convivial prosperity. Being educated enhances an individual to live a reverent life in the society. This is because education offers a setting in which culture and values of a society are developed. In this generation, inculcation in modern society provides a forum where the society examines its issues and identifies solutions. The advancement of a society both economically and convivially is by gaining edification which consequently enables them to run a modern society.getting access to education has always been difficult and beneficial to people who are willing to learn. USA is a powerful country and her advantages on education are limitless for teacher and students but Cameroon has less advantages and less teachers.USA and Cameroon with education system are very different. i will compare the difference between teachers skills, book access and the teacher salary gap between both countries. Cameroon is a good country and has a good education system. however, she has a lot to learn from the USA in terms of teaching skills, book access and teacher salary gap.