Recommended reading on progressive education

The Wingra faculty share these titles as ones which inspire them in their progressive teaching methods.

A Guide to Student-Centered Learning, by Donna Brandes and Paul Ginnes (multi-age classrooms)

The Hurried Child, by David Elkind (developmentally appropriate teaching)

Teaching Children to Care, by Ruth Charney (child-centered teaching)

The Open Classroom Reader, by Charles E. Silberman

Rethinking Schools, edited by David P. Levine

The Art of the Possible: A Compassionate Approach to Understanding the Way People Think, Learn and Communicate, by Dawna Markova .

Important educators, thinkers, and philosophers in the field of progressive education that you may want to read about:

John Dewey
Paulo Freire

Vivian Gussin Paley

John Holt

Bell Hooks

Ivan Illich

Alfie Kohn

Herbert Kohl
A. S. Neill

Nel Noddings

Jean Piaget

Carl Rogers

Theodore Sizer