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Professional Development by The National Paideia Center is provided to a world-wide network of educators through training, technical support, and publications. Paideia teachers use three instructional techniques:
- didactic instruction
for increasing students factual recall,
- intellectual coaching
for developing students literacy skills, and
- seminar dialogue
to strengthen students conceptual understanding.
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Intro to Seminar Institute |
Nov. 15-16, 2006 |
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Literacy in the Paideia Classroom |
Training |
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Math & Science via Seminar |
Training |
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Teaching History via Seminar |
Training |
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Intro to Intellectual Coaching |
Training |
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Intro to the Paideia Project |
Training |
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Advanced Seminar Facilitation |
Training |
In Paideia classrooms, all students are involved in a wide range of academic work and social practices needed to achieve the following objectives:
- to become good citizens,
- to earn a decent living,
- and to lead a good life.
Paideia schools are built on the idea that public schooling is preparation for becoming educated over the course of ones life time.
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NEWS
Announcing: The 14th Annual Paideia Conference
OUR VISION
The National Paideia Center improves the ability of adults and students to think and communicate so that each might become a good citizen of the world, earn a decent livelihood, and lead a good life. Our Vision is that The National Paideia Center will become a campus of learning dedicated to the exploration of ideas in support of active lifelong learning.
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The National Paideia Center is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of North Carolina since 1988. The Center supports a world-wide network of educators through training, technical support, and publications.
Questions or comments about Paideia? Issues with our website?
Send email to info@paideia.org or call 919 962 3128.
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