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Group 2. Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen Brittany Seidel. Intro. What are we telling them about Why should they be interested Why is it important to them. Retrospective. What was education like before Adler and Delpit What was education like after Adler and Delpit. Adler Bio.
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Group 2 Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen Brittany Seidel
Intro • What are we telling them about • Why should they be interested • Why is it important to them
Retrospective • What was education like before Adler and Delpit • What was education like after Adler and Delpit
Adler Bio • For the Bio’s I was thinking that we could try to focus on the parts of the bio explain why they chose this path, make this change, was it a person, an incident, Whatever
Adler Bio At age 14 he dropped out of school to become a copy boy for the New York Sun He hoped to become a journalist Took some classes at Columbia University to improve his writing While there he became interested in philosophy after reading the works of John Stuart Mill Upon learning that Mill read plato at age 5 he decided to broaden his philosophical knowledge
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
Philosophy • Study of philosophy available to all • Advocates Classics in curriculum • Perennialist • Liberal, non-specialized classes • Three purposes of education • Leisure time • Earn living ethically • Responsible citizen
Educational Vision • Insight into works of fiction, poetry, drama, art • Philosophy and arts are central • Everyone should be educated towards an understanding of truth based on Western Philosophy
Paideia Proposal • Vision for Public schools • Children must aquire • Organized knowledge • Intellectual skills • Understanding of ideas and values
Importance to education • Great Books program • Classes that focus on Western Philosophy and literature • Value of Classics based education
What can we learn? • How did this particular person approach the problem, what did they do to create change • How did they influence people • What vehicles did they use to be successful in creating change
Delpit Bio • Raised in Baton Rouge • Mother was a Math teacher • Career spanned segregation and desegregation • Connections between students and her teachings • B.S. from Antioch College • M.Ed. and Ed.D from Harvard • Her background is in elementary education • emphasis on language and literacy development.
Goals • See strengths in students of color • Build authentic relationships with communities of color • Increase the teacher of color population • Provide schools with skills to ensure excellent education for low-income children of color
What can we learn? • How did this particular person approach the problem, what did they do to create change • How did they influence people • What vehicles did they use to be successful in creating change
Adler Bio At age 14 he dropped out of school to become a copy boy for the New York Sun He hoped to become a journalist Took some classes at Columbia University to improve his writing While there he became interested in philosophy after reading the works of John Stuart Mill Upon learning that Mill read plato at age 5 he decided to broaden his philosophical knowledge