Implementing progressive education in Alberta's rural schools

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dc.contributor.authorvon Heyking, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-16T23:37:24Z
dc.date.available2016-11-16T23:37:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionOpen access journalen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the mid-1930s, in the midst of economic depression, social turmoil and political upheaval, the province of Alberta introduced an innovative progressive school curriculum, consisting of the “enterprise” approach and the replacement of history courses with Social Studies. Historians who have examined this revision, like Robert Patterson, assert that the curriculum was never seriously implemented, particularly in the rural schools of the province. They argue that young and inexperienced teachers with few teaching resources were simply not up to the task of putting the child-centred, project-based program into effect. This paper argues that rural teachers, not inhibited by many elements of what Tyack and Cuban call “the grammar of schooling,” were actually well placed to implement hands-on, subject-integrated and student-directed learning activities. An examination of a range of primary source material, including teacher memoirs, newspaper accounts and Department of Education correspondence, indicates that rural teachers, though they faced considerable challenges in fully implementing progressive curriculum reforms, adopted and adapted teaching practices they saw as relevant and useful for the students in their classrooms.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationvon Heyking, A. (2012). Implementing progressive education in Alberta's rural schools. Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'education, 24(1), 93-111.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4701
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherCanadian History of Education Associationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectCurriculum change--Alberta--Historyen_US
dc.subjectCurriculum planning--Alberta--Historyen_US
dc.subjectEducation--Alberta--Historyen_US
dc.subjectProgressive education--Albertaen_US
dc.subjectRural schools--Albertaen_US
dc.subjectRural teachersen_US
dc.titleImplementing progressive education in Alberta's rural schoolsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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