1st Edition

The Paideia Classroom

By Laura Billings, Terry Roberts Copyright 1999
166 Pages
by Eye On Education

166 Pages
by Eye On Education

176 Pages
by Eye On Education

With sample lesson plans, student assessment forms (with rubrics), and other practical materials, this book shows how the principles of the Paideia Program can result in student learning and understanding.

- Introducing Paideia
- Didactic Instruction
- Academic Coaching
- The Paideia Seminar
- Assessment
- Speaking and Listening in the Classroom
- Instructional Integrated Units
- Appendices: Introduction
- Appendix A: Seminar Instruction
- Appendix B: The Coached Project
- Appendix C: Assessment Instruments
- Bibliography

Biography

Terry Roberts is the Executive Director of the National Paideia Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a former high school English teacher who, with his colleagues at the Center, works on a daily basis to improve instruction in schools across the United States. Terry Roberts is the lead author of The Power of Paideia Schools: Defining Lives Through Learning, published by ASCD., Laura Billings is the Assistant Director for Curriculum and Instruction at the National Paideia Center. She is a former secondary school teacher who develops materials for Paideia instruction.