Norman Dale Norris is an assistant professor of education at Nicholls State University (Thibodeaux, Louisiana) where he teaches graduate courses in research, foundations, and school administration. Additionally, he continues to advocate for the arts by teaching undergraduate courses in music education. Norris has worked in public education for more than twenty years as a choral director at all levels, classroom teacher, teacher trainer, and university professor. As an passionate advocate for the performing arts he prepared many award winning choral ensembles over the years.
In his book, Norris critiques progressive theories of education and
answers the question, 'How has progressive education become a
caricature of what the founders intended?' He further argues that
education has become so institutionalized, standardized, and
alignment crazy that none of the elements of progressive education
can bear fruit. Norris...goes to the heart of progressive
education's development and shows how it was misinterpreted and
taken to extremes. He analyzes the practices of some school systems
relative to the true tenets of progressive education and notes that
several influential governing agencies have skewed their ideals in
a progressive direction with no consideration for any other
approach. Norris analyzes why claims regarding the superiority of
progressive education have not been borne out by the actual
results. He examines various societal and sociological phenomena
that progressive education claims to 'fix.'?explores the idea of
schools (and progressive education) as a tool for social reform and
compares the social problems of a century ago to those of today;
[and]?discusses what must happen if progressive education is to
survive and perform as promised. * Teachers College Record *
In his book, Norris critiques progressive theories of education and
answers the question, 'How has progressive education become a
caricature of what the founders intended?' He further argues that
education has become so institutionalized, standardized, and
alignment crazy that none of the elements of progressive education
can bear fruit. Norris...goes to the heart of progressive
education's development and shows how it was misinterpreted and
taken to extremes. He analyzes the practices of some school systems
relative to the true tenets of progressive education and notes that
several influential governing agencies have skewed their ideals in
a progressive direction with no consideration for any other
approach. Norris analyzes why claims regarding the superiority of
progressive education have not been borne out by the actual
results. He examines various societal and sociological phenomena
that progressive education claims to 'fix.'...explores the idea of
schools (and progressive education) as a tool for social reform and
compares the social problems of a century ago to those of today;
[and]...discusses what must happen if progressive education is to
survive and perform as promised. * Teachers College Record *
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