Progressivism

white Americans held the belief that African Americans were not needed in democracy. Many progressive organizations reflected the middle and upper class’s interests such as prohibition, a businesslike government, and greater reliance on experts. Progressivism played an active role in all levels of government as people wanted change in the basic structure and function of government to make it more responsive to the city dweller’s concerns. At the time, journalism had a key function in reform and…

I interview first grade teacher Glenda Pertierra. She has been teaching as a full-time teacher for over 22 years she is currently working at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Early Childhood Center. She has a Bachelor’s degree certified in Elementary 1-6, media specialist PK-12 and is ESOL endorsed. Mrs. Pertierra had been working with MDCPS since 1989but wasn’t a full-time teacher until 1994. She gave me her responses to some questions I found interesting and wanted more insight on. I first wanted to…

Social Darwinism is a theory that individuals, groups, and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals. The weak individuals would decrease and the strong individuals would grow in power. Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and William Graham Sumner, and more philosophers are all associated with social Darwinism. They all have different views on it. Charles Darwin developed Darwinism. He focused more on the development of plants and animals. He developed the idea…

The iconic past president of the Society for Historians of the and Progressive and immigration era Roger Daniels, shares his thoughts on these subjects in his novel “Not Like Us”. In this Narrative he reveals the hostile conditions that were greeted by immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans, during 1890 – 1924 where the United States was experiencing it epitome of immigration, with over than 20 million immigrants flowing into the US borders. “Not like us” expresses how the…

When he returns to Egypt, Qutb denounces publically the American way of lie, stating that progressivism infecting the women of the west would be the death of all that is good and decent. While these events in Qutb’s personal life was occurring, unrest was brewing in Egypt. The British administration backing King Farouk of Egypt grew increasingly…

While the United States was hopping onto the Imperialism bandwagon with the rest of the world, the United States was also experiencing the reverse at home with the Progressive movement. That Progressive movement aimed to bring about change and having the government be the proper agency to correct social and economic issues of the country. Both eras, Imperialism and Progressive, happened during the same time, yet each had their own ideas which differed from the other. One of these differing ideas…

The next concept that was the five education philosophies that the book talks about. The five philosophies are Essentialism, Perennialism, Progressivism, Social reconstructionism/ critical theory, and Existentialism. After reading about this in the book I found out that my education philosophy is Essentialism. Essentialism is teaching the core knowledge that students need to be educated citizens; this knowledge is embodied in traditional academic disciplines such as history and mathematics. The…

The less demanding philosophies are student centered. These philosophies are not as concerned with history or preparing the mind. They are more concerned with individual needs and present-day problems (Sadker & Zittleman, 2012, p.188-90). Progressivism arranges schools around the knowledge of the student and their apprehensions and inquisitiveness. This type of progressive teacher enables learning by assisting students to articulate evocative questions and formulate approaches to answer those…

When comparing the concepts from The Matrix to the ideology in the excerpts by Plato and Descartes a common theme is the realization that the world is all a sensory illusion by which an elaborate system of deception can perpetrate individuals to a common belief or perception. One of the main points that is shared between the excerpt by Plato/Descartes and the synopsis of The Matrix is that everything around us is perceived through our senses. Yet, because each individual perceives the world in a…

Fordism- Fordism was a term coined in the early twentieth-century describing the economic system created by Ford Motor Company based on high wages and mass consumption. During a time when businesses were solely focused on profit, Ford was criticized for providing his workers with high wages. However, this system was efficient due to the reasoning that his workers must be able to afford the goods turned out by American factories. Seventeenth Amendment- The Progressive Era was a time of many…