Group 2

Randy KiddJennifer O’Patchen-Vickers

Brittany Seidel

•At age 14 he dropped out of school

Mortimer J. Adler

•At age 15 he began classes at Columbia University where he became interested in philosophy

•Was denied B.S. due to technicality•Enrolled in graduate program•Was allowed to join the faculty and was subsequently awarded his PhD.

Mortimer J. Adler

•His proposed innovations to the curriculum resulted in conflict with faculty

•He was reassigned to the Law School in 1931

•Appointed to the Philosophy faculty in 1930.

Educational Philosophy

• Vocal champion for Classics based education• Promoted integration of science, literature

and philosophy• Was devoted to helping those outside

academia educate themselves further• Advocated immersing young people into an

environment of debate, hypothesis and involvement in active discussion groups

Educational Philosophy

• Central to his classroom philosophy was the rebuttal of the prevailing notions of John Dewey- Opposed to Dewey’s focus on experimentation

- “Dewey’s problem was that he had never read Aristotle”

• Opposed to standardized testing-Emphasizes short term memory skills at the

expense of deeper understanding

Adlers Legacy

Lisa Delpit

B.S.- Antioch CollegeM.Ed. & Ed.D- Harvard Elementary education Language Literacy development.

Acclaimed author of several books most notably “Other People’s Children” And a contributor to the Harvard Education Review

Equality in education for all students from all cultures and backgrounds

Philosophy

• Awareness of “Culture of Power”

• Code switching• Values “skills-

based” approach

• Ebonics

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

Conclusions and Connections