progressive

Examples of progressive in the following topics:

• Lenski's Sociological Evolution Approach

  • Lenski's sociological evolution approach views technological progress as the most basic factor in the evolution of societies and cultures.
  • He views technological progress as the most basic factor in the evolution of societies and cultures.

• Spencer and Social Darwinism

  • Thus, Spencer's synthetic philosophy aimed to show that natural laws led inexorably to progress.
  • He claimed all things—the physical world, the biological realm, and human society—underwent progressive development.
  • In a sense, Spencer's belief in progressive development echoed Comte's own theory of the three-stage development of society.
  • However, writing after important developments in the field of biology, Spencer rejected the ideological assumptions of Comte's three-stage model and attempted to reformulate the theory of social progress in terms of evolutionary biology.
  • Evolution meant progress, improvement, and eventually perfection of the social organism.

• Standardized Tests

  • These tests may be given periodically and repeatedly to measure students' progress and teachers' effectiveness, or they may be given at key points during students' careers to assess whether they are ready to progress to the next stage in their education—often, the next grade level or college.
  • Under the act, students and schools must demonstrate "adequate yearly progress. " That is, they must show some improvement every year.
  • When a student fails to make adequate yearly progress, schools must provide tutoring or other interventions to help the student improve.
  • When schools fail to show adequate yearly progress, they may lose funding or be taken over by the school board or state.

• The Marxist Critique of Capitalism

  • Karl Marx saw capitalism as a progressive historical stage that would eventually be followed by socialism.
  • Karl Marx saw capitalism as a progressive historical stage that would eventually stagnate due to internal contradictions and be followed by socialism.

• Ogburn's Theory

  • Ogburn's theory suggests that technology is the primary engine of progress.
  • He suggested that technology is the primary engine of progress, but it is also tempered by social responses to it.

• Early Social Research and Martineau

  • She is notable for her progressive politics.
  • She believed that some very general social laws influenced the life of any society, including the principle of progress, the emergence of science as the most advanced product of human intellectual endeavors, and the significance of population dynamics and the natural physical environment.

• Natural Cycles

  • Unlike the theory of social evolutionism, which views the evolution of society and human history as progressing in some new, unique direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history generally repeat themselves in cycles.
  • Such a theory does not necessarily imply that there cannot be any social progress.
  • Sarkar all make an explicit accounting of social progress.
  • He interpreted the contemporary West as a sensate civilization dedicated to technological progress and prophesied its fall into decadence and the emergence of a new ideational or idealistic era.

• The Development of Sociology in the U.S.

  • Spencer had argued that society would naturally evolve and progress while allowing the survival of the fittest and weeding out the socially unfit.
  • While classical liberalism (featuring such thinkers as Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill) had sought prosperity and progress through laissez-faire policies, Ward's "American social liberalism" sought to enhance social progress through direct government intervention.
  • Ward had a strong influence on a rising generation of progressive political leaders, including on the administrations of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D.

• Setting Goals

  • Work on the theory of goal-setting suggests that it's an effective tool for making progress because participants in a group with a common goal are clearly aware of what is expected from them.
  • Goal-setting is used in business for sustainability, progress, and continued success.

• Culture Wars

  • This can be framed to describe west versus east, rural versus urban, or traditional values versus progressive secularism.
  • In American usage, the term culture war is used to claim that there is a conflict between those values considered traditionalist or conservative and those considered progressive or liberal.