Progressive and Traditional Teachers: What Works?

Does a particular teaching philosophy lead to better outcomes?

"... so far as practical affairs of the school are concerned [teaching] tends to take the form of a contrast between traditional and progressive education” (Dewey, 1938)."

This week, Dr Sam Sims and Prof John Jerrim published a 51-page working paper: Traditional and progressive orientations to teaching: new empirical evidence on an old debate - using questionnaire data on teachers’ overall traditional or progressive orientations across a set of issues.

Where is the evidence?

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