Paideia Seminars 2017

                                       What is Paideia? 
The philosophy of Paideia is that because life is interconnected and interdependent, education must be integrated and interdisciplinary.  It is an integrative educational model that supports students as they explore the complexity of real life problems – integrating multiple viewpoints and perspectives from engaging in rich, varied experiences. Paideia is not simply understanding based on “the sum of parts,” rather it encourages students and faculty to explore beyond disciplinary boundaries toward new, unique interdisciplinary understandings of complex issues. Interdisciplinary teaching and learning offers a way to understand disciplines better: to see their assumptions, to critique their histories and investments, and identify points of connection.

Paideia is based on the belief that education must be intentional, that it centers on guided understanding of substantive issues or problems central to the human condition and posed as interdisciplinary, thematic questions.  Paideia begins by approaching a problem from three different disciplines, then from an interdisciplinary perspective in a team taught seminar.  This framing of the questions promotes flexibility, open mindedness and creativity in thinking and problem solving.  Intercultural study and civic engagement further broaden and strengthen student and faculty ways of understanding – analyzing and solving - real life problems.

  The Paideia Seminar creates the interdisciplinary space in which students and teachers collaborate together in exploring the thematic questions. Paideia moves students and teachers understanding beyond the disciplines and enhances the connections between in and out of the classroom learning experiences as they seek creative solutions to complex real world problems.  THINK - CREATE -CONNECT

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