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Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-2001.

The Paideia Proposal : an educational manifesto / Mortimer J. Adler, on behalf of the members of the Paideia Group. - 1st Macmillan paperbacks ed. - New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, c1982. - xii, 84 p. ; 22 cm.

First vol. of the author's trilogy; the 2nd of which is Paideia problems and possibilities, and the 3rd of which is The Paideia program.

pt. 1: The schooling of a people. Democracy and education -- Schooling-only a part of education -- pt. 2: The essentials of basic schooling. The same objectives for all -- The same course of study for all -- Overcoming initial impediments -- Individual differences -- pt. 3: Teaching and learning. The heart of the matter -- The preparation of teachers -- The principal -- pt. 4: Beyond basic schooling. Higher learning -- Earning a living and living well -- The future of our free institutions.

A K-12 educational reform plan developed as the result of a two year study by the Paideia Group.

ISBN: 0020641001 9780020641001 0025002406 9780025002401

LCCN: 82007169

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Education--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: LA210 / .A534 1982

Dewey Class. No.: 370.973 / ADL