“进步教育”再解读: 一种后现代的视角

A Ｒethinking on“Progressive Education”: A Post-modern Perspective

关于美国“进步教育”的历史背景和理论意义，一些后现代主义教育史学家们指出，“进步教育”的发端时间可以上溯至宗教改革时期，同时它又在某种程度上加入到了与现代公立教育体系的共生关系中去。作为教育学上的一种变革，它代表着一种连续不断的建构，而不是一种理论上的革命，其核心目的自宗教改革以来始终未变。这些新见解值得关注，对于教育工作者尤其是从事教育史研究的人们来说，具有重要的启迪作用。

Concerning the historical background and theoretical significance of“Progressive Education” in America，some post-modernist educational historians hold that the progressive education can be traced back to the Ｒeformation period，and it has become symbiotic，in some ways，with the system of modern public education． As a transformation in education，it represents a continuous construction but not a theoretical revolution， with its core intent never changed since the Ｒeformation． These new perspectives are worthy of attention and very enlightening to educators，especially researchers in the field of history of education．