Meriam’s Momentary Metamorphosis: Progressive Education and The Indian New Deal

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15-4-2021 11:15 AM

End Date

15-4-2021 11:30 AM

Student's Major

History

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Angela Cooley

Mentor's Department

History

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The Progressive Education movement of the 1930s was a great moment of possibility for both students and teachers involved with Native American Education and serves as a precursor to the contemporary Culturally Relevant Pedagogy movement with educators today. This paper traces the story of Native American Education starting with the Meriam Report’s scathing critique of poor conditions and teaching pedagogy to the early 1940’s where government funding was reallocated to America’s involvement in World War II. The Progressive Education Movement saw great leaps in teaching quality and support for teachers and most importantly a shift to embracing students’ respective cultures opposed to erasing them. It also considers the perspectives of indigenous critics of the movement and the gendered biases of the movement.

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Meriam’s Momentary Metamorphosis: Progressive Education and The Indian New Deal

The Progressive Education movement of the 1930s was a great moment of possibility for both students and teachers involved with Native American Education and serves as a precursor to the contemporary Culturally Relevant Pedagogy movement with educators today. This paper traces the story of Native American Education starting with the Meriam Report’s scathing critique of poor conditions and teaching pedagogy to the early 1940’s where government funding was reallocated to America’s involvement in World War II. The Progressive Education Movement saw great leaps in teaching quality and support for teachers and most importantly a shift to embracing students’ respective cultures opposed to erasing them. It also considers the perspectives of indigenous critics of the movement and the gendered biases of the movement.