PT Journal AU Lukac, E TI Progressive Educational Movement as a Specific Paradigm in Teachers' Activities in Slovakia in the Period of the First Czechoslovak Republic SO e-Pedagogium PY 2012 BP 50 EP 63 VL 12 IS 3 DI 10.5507/epd.2012.035 DE Progressive educational movement; comprehensive school; experimental school; global reading method; new school and new education AB The progressive educational movement is an essential part of the educational heritage of the period of the existence of Czechoslovakia. In its time it brought many stimuli to the development of the theory and practice, many of which are still inspiring. The paper analyzes selected reform activities of teachers in various regions of Slovakia, some of which led to the establishment of experimental schools and teaching in experimental schools, or rather to efforts to create a coherent reform strategy. ER