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ABOUT THE CENTER
In 1988, renowned educator Mortimer Adler founded the National Paideia Center at the University of North Carolina as a way to carry out the mandate outlined by the Paideia Group in The Paideia Proposal (1982). Over the ensuing twenty years, the Center has developed a comprehensive set of school programs that integrate and implement the century's best concepts in the area of pedagogy, educational leadership, and school reform. |
OUR MISSION
The National Paideia Center fosters active lifelong learning and respectful, democratic dialogue. We work primarily with schools to incorporate collaborative discussion and intellectual coaching into the lives of students and adults. We enhance the quality of teaching and learning to improve critical thinking and communication skills. |
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The National Paideia Center serves as a source of information, inspiration, and training for those who are dedicated to transforming whole schools into activist learning communities based on the Paideia philosophy. The Paideia school provides a unique approach to active learning. The ultimate goal of the school is to teach all students to think. To this end, the Paideia classroom uses a blend of the three types of instruction to enhance the literacy, problem solving, and thinking skills of all students. Currently, the National Paideia Center works in direct collaborative partnership with more than one hundred schools in thirteen states.
OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS
- Declaration of Paideia Principles
core beliefs of Paideia philosophy
- Three Columns of Instruction
teaching methods of didactic instruction, intellectual coaching, and seminar
- Essential Elements of Paideia Schools
factors consistently seen in effective Paideia Schools |
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