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Title: PAIDEIA PROGRAM by Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 0-02-013040-6 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.75 |
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Summary: A balanced and ideal structure for learning
Comment: Mortimer Adler spells out an ideal balance of learning experiences which result in highly literate and competent students. The Paideia proposal is not a recipe for what content to teach but a structure for making sure the student is not trapped in a school with only one way of processing thought. Didactic, or direct, instruction should not take up more than a fifth of the time; at least a fifth should be spent in open-ended seminars that allow students to find personal meaning in conversation about significant topics; the rest of the time should be spent in coached projects which require a synthesis of knowledge and skills. Current jargon would identify these elements with authentic assessment, multiple intelligences, and self-efficacy. This is a best practice model that assumes 'what's best for the best is best for all' and asks all teachers to consider all students capable of reflective thought and creative problem-solving. The original reading list was heavily eurocentric but the current usage is not limited in any way except that readings must have depth and meaning. In its pure form, the Paideia Proposal respects teachers as professionals who design curriculum, so it is incompatible with formulaic philosophies that use teachers as technicians. The Paideia Center in North Carolina provides training; Terry Roberts has written a recent book on it. Any parent or educator serious about deep literacy would embrace the Paideia Proposal.
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Title: How to Speak, How to Listen by Mortimer Jerome Adler ISBN: 0684846470 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Paideia Problems and Possibilities by Mortimer Jerome Adler ISBN: 0020130503 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization by Mortimer J. Adler ISBN: 0812694120 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind by Michael O'Brien ISBN: 0898706785 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Common Sense of Politics by Mortimer Jerome Adler, John Van Doren ISBN: 0823216675 Publisher: Fordham University Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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