Getting it wrong from the beginning: our progressivist inheritance from Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget

Canadian Journal of Education | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

Egan, Kieran (2002). New Haven: Yale University Press (hardcover), 204 pages.

Emery J. Hyslop-Margison, Ball State University

On Kieran Egan's view, contemporary education pursues flawed progressivist practices that harm student academic development. Many of these misguided ideas originate with the pseudo-scientific theories and fallacious presuppositions of 19th-century British philosopher Herbert Spencer. Rather than simply parroting faulty progressivist practices that undermine learning, Egan argues that contemporary education should cultivate student mastery over various cognitive tools ...

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