Progressive Education, with its pedagogical desire to engage students in a taught curriculum in a meaningful way, is often viewed in opposition to Conventional Education. In this conceptual paper, I argue that despite and even because of this opposition, Progressive Education contributes to the stability of Conventional Education by making Conventional Education bearable for its teachers. I claim that despite its institutional rarity, Progressive Education remains hegemonic among educators because of its promise of meaningful learning for all their students that can be achieved in and out of the conventional school settings. I provide a critique of Progressive Education from the Critical Dialogue Education and Democratic Education perspectives.

进步教育以其以有意义的方式让学生参与教学课程的教学愿望，通常被视为与传统教育相对立。在这篇概念性论文中，我认为尽管存在这种反对，甚至因为这种反对，进步教育通过让传统教育对其教师来说可以忍受，从而有助于传统教育的稳定。我声称，尽管进步教育在机构中很少见，但它在教育工作者中仍然占据主导地位，因为它承诺让所有学生在传统学校环境内外都能实现有意义的学习。我从批判性对话教育和民主教育的角度对进步教育进行了批评。