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In 1896, John Dewey established the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago – an experimental school designed to test his ideas in the reality of classroom practice. Through a collective portrait of four of the school’s teachers Women Educators in the Progressive Era examines the struggles and satisfactions of teaching at this innovative school, and situates the school community in the context of Progressive Era experimental impulses in Chicago and the nation. This book reassesses the implications of Dewey’s ideas for current efforts to improve schools, as it explores how the Laboratory School teachers participated in inquiry designed to advance educational thought and practice. Anne Durst is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, USA. Introduction: The Laboratory School and Pragmatism Female Professionalism and the Laboratory School Teachers Decision-making at the Laboratory School Teachers as Content Area Experts Laboratory School Teachers and Social Change Democratic Community Implications for Today’s Teachers and Schools
