John Dewey, an American philosopher has proposed the concept of 'Progressive Education' which emphasizes that learning takes place only through a 'hands-on' approach so the students must interact with their environment to adapt and learn.Progressive education:Emphasizes enhancing skills and understanding of the learners by engaging with the contents and experiences.Promotes 'learning by doing to make children self-reliant and productive to use their knowledge and talents effectively.Ensures the active participation of students by working in a group and applying practical knowledge to complete an activity. Progressive education respects diversity, there are many different types of students of different skills, abilities, and disabilities, who are interacted with each other in their learning. Because Progressive education promotes learning by doing, students can learn through different activities, experiments, etc.So that's why option (1) is the correct answer.Important PointsFeature of Progressive Education:Education for society and democracy.Collaborative and cooperative learning.Learning as opposed to rote knowledge.Flexible timetable and seating arrangement.Emphasis on lifelong learning and social skills.Integrated curriculum focused on thematic units.Emphasis on problem-solving and critical thinking.De-emphasize textbooks, and emphasize multiple resources.