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A Historical Perspective

on Classroom Management Theory

 

·      Common School Movement – 1800’s

·      Progressive School Movement – 1900’s

·      First major reaction – 1930’s, followed by a series of shifts from one end of the political spectrum to another.

 

School

Traditional

Pragmatic

Progressive

Culture

Mono-culture

Multi-cultural
Transformative

Curriculum

Basics/

Delivered

Multiple-methods

Constructed/

Active

Metaphor

Institution

Society

Community

Discipline

Control/

Authoritarian

Assertive/

Teacher-centered

Supportive/ Student-centered

 

The Political Pendulum, 1900’s

 

 


1900

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000