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Group 2. Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen -Vickers Brittany Seidel. Mortimer J. Adler . Was denied B.S. due to technicality Enrolled in graduate program Was allowed to join the faculty and was subsequently awarded his PhD . At age 14 he dropped out of school.
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Group 2 Randy Kidd Jennifer O’Patchen-Vickers Brittany Seidel
Mortimer J. Adler • Was denied B.S. due to technicality • Enrolled in graduate program • Was allowed to join the faculty and was subsequently awarded his PhD. • At age 14 he dropped out of school • At age 15 he began classes at Columbia University where he became interested in philosophy
Mortimer J. Adler • Appointed to the Philosophy faculty in 1930. • His proposed innovations to the curriculum resulted in conflict with faculty • He was reassigned to the Law School in 1931
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
Lisa Delpit B.S.- Antioch College M.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