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Group 2. Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen -Vickers Brittany Seidel. Mortimer J. Adler . Was denied B.S. due to technicality Enrolled in graduate program Was allowed to join the faculty and was subsequently awarded his PhD . At age 14 he dropped out of school.
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Group 2 Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen-Vickers Brittany Seidel
Mortimer J. Adler • Was denied B.S. due to technicality • Enrolled in graduate program • Was allowed to join the faculty and was subsequently awarded his PhD. • At age 14 he dropped out of school • At age 15 he began classes at Columbia University where he became interested in philosophy
Mortimer J. Adler • Appointed to the Philosophy faculty in 1930. • His proposed innovations to the curriculum resulted in conflict with faculty • He was reassigned to the Law School in 1931
Educational Philosophy • Vocal champion for Classics based education • Believed in “classless” education • Devoted to helping non-academics educate themselves further • Profound relationship between democracy and education • Viewed education as a moral responsibility
Educational Philosophy • Central to his classroom philosophy was the rebuttal of the prevailing notions of John Dewey - Opposed to Dewey’s focus on experimentation - Opposed to Dewey’s emphasis on the free selection of values • Opposed to standardized testing -Emphasizes short term memory skills at the expense of deeper understanding
Lisa Delpit B.S.- Antioch College M.Ed. & Ed.D- Harvard Elementary education Language Literacy development. • Acclaimed author of several books • Co-contributor of “The Skin that we Speak” • Contributor to the Harvard Review Equality in education for all students from all cultures and backgrounds
Philosophy • Ebonics • Code switching • Defined“Culture of Power” • Values “skills- based” approach
Accomplishments • Institute for Philosophical Research • Helped found • Director • Aspen Institute • Center for the Study of Great Ideas • Chairman of the Board of editors Encyclopedia Britannica • Numerous books and essays