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interests of students and the conception of needs  

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  • Attending to the interests of students and the conception of needs proved to be one of the more important curricular design issues of the early-to-mid 20th century. In what became a progressive education emblem, the now forgotten phrase “attending to the interests of students” represented one of the fundamental principles of progressive education. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Interests of Students and the Conception of Needs]

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