Parker, the pioneer of American progressive education movement, adopted new educational methods and measures in the educational reform experiments conducted by Quincy School and Chicago Cook Normal School.

Main features:

① Emphasize that children should be the center of school education;

② Pay attention to the social function of the school;

(3) advocate that school curriculum should be linked with practical activities as much as possible;

④ Pay attention to cultivating children's spirit of self-exploration and creation.

Its basic requirements

Let the students know the purpose, significance and methods of the internship, let the students carry out the internship independently, and let the teachers patrol and guide. With the improvement of students' ability to work independently, students can be encouraged to design some practice assignments themselves and give full play to their creative spirit. Teachers should strive for the cooperation and common guidance of production departments; Attention should also be paid to strengthening the education of observing labor discipline and caring for production tools and public property. After the internship, teachers should summarize and evaluate the students' internship activities.