Paideia Training Manuals and Resources
The staff of the National Paideia Center designed these books so that you may learn about the Paideia Seminar, Paideia Project, and authentic Assessment. First, we offer these manuals for you to use during guided study, perhaps lead by an experienced Paideia educatior. Second, we offer these manuals as stand-alone texts for those educators who are interested in one or more aspects of the Paideia classroom but who don’t have access to formal Paideia training.
The Paideia Seminar: Active Thinking through Dialogue
The seminar training manuals, entitled The Paideia Seminar: Active Thinking through Dialogue are comprehensive introductions to the theory and practice of Paideia Seminar: one for elementary teachers and administrators (grade K-5) and the second for secondary teachers and administrators (grade 6-12).
The Paideia Project
The Paideia Project is a thorough introduction to two aspects of “coaching” in the Paideia Classroom: the facilitation of intellectual skill development and the creation of the coached project, a re-design of a traditional unit into a powerful interactive experience leading to authentic products and performances.
The Jack and Mary McCall Library
Access to over 3800 Titles from one DVD!
According to legend, the fabled Library at Alexandria may well have contained half a million scrolls, including many texts from ancient Greece that are now lost. When it was burned in antiquity under mysterious circumstances, its loss was a cultural and intellectual tragedy of immense proportions. When Jack McCall first saw the over 3800 books, paintings, maps, photographs, and musical compositions contained in this computerized library, he gasped and immediately said, “It’s like having the Library at Alexandria at your fingertips!”
This incredible collection of texts (including, for example, all of Shakespeare’s plays), is an excellent resource for any educator whose lesson plans require access to a variety of classical, historical, and cultural materials.Order the McCall Library today and open the doors to your own library of seminar texts, as immediate and accessible as your own desktop. The McCall Library is destined to become the most popular icon on your computer desktop!
Technical Information
The Jack and Mary McCall Library is packaged as one DVD that works on Mac and Windows computers (Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7).
For technical specifications and system requirements, please visit VitalSource Technologies. For technical questions, please contact VitalSource Technologies at 919-755-8100 or vitalsource.com/index/products
From the Jack and Mary McCall DVD Library.
“The Death of Socrates”, 1787,
Jacques-Louis David (French).
Thousands of texts to use for
seminar dialogue.
The McCall Library is produced by the National Paideia Center with the help and sponsorship of program associate Jack McCall, his wife Mary McCall, and VitalSource Technologies of Raleigh, North Carolina.
The newest version of the DVD Library of Paideia Seminar texts includes the note sharing feature. Share your notes. Use your email address and the Internet to collaborate and dialogue with your colleagues.
The Seminar Sampler
The National Paideia Center staff and faculty have created a collection of seminar plans to address a wide variety of ideas, values, texts, and audiences. For K-12 administrators and teachers, The Seminar Sampler is an essential Paideia School-Classroom Resource.
Paideia Journal
This 5.5”x8.5” book has a green cover, 50 blank sheets, and spiral binding.