Contributed Commentary on
Volume 4 Number 8: Stone Developmentalism: An Obscure but Pervasive Restriction on Educational Improvement
30 April 1996Benjamin Levin
levin@CC.UMANITOBA.CA
Sherman Dorn's comments on Stone's paper are very appropriate. We've heard a great deal about the baneful influence of progressivism on educational outcomes, but all the studies of classrooms continue to show the vast prevalence of traditional teaching techniques - teachers talk, kids sit and listen or write notes or do seat work. I wish Dewey had had as much impact as his critics say he did!
