... recognized for his or her own abilities, interests, ideas, needs, and cultural identity.1 These elements of progressive education have been termed "social re-constructionist" and "child-centered". Both of these elements share an interest in the individual which enabled educationalists to progress beyond the notion of children as ciphers and automatons. Children were no longer machines into which education could be simply inputted, and the influence of educationalists such as Freud and Piaget helped contribute in humanizing education, resulting in progressive education centers such as AS Neill's Summerhill School which aims: to allow children freedom to grow emotionally; to give children power over their own lives; to give children the time to develop naturally; to create a happier childhood by removing fear and coercion by adults.2 The notion of "child-centeredness" owes a lot to Piaget, who studied learning processes in children and concluded that teachers should not be transmitters of knowledge but should act ...

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