Group 2

Randy KiddJennifer 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

Importance to US as future teachers

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

Delpit Contributions

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

Importance to education

Importance to US as future teachers

Conclusions and Connections

The End

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

Adler Contributions