1. The Paideia Seminar 2013 AIG Institute Grant Zimmerman and Meryle Elko National Paideia Center 29 ½ Page Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 www.paideia.org

2. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Introduction to Paideia Seminar Training Objectives  To know the main components of a Paideia Seminar  To practice thinking, assessing instructional dialogue, and writing questions  To more fully understand the complimentary relationship between thinking and discussion

3. Thinking Thinking is the ability to explain and manipulate the variables of a text. (Roberts and Billings, 2008) National Paideia Center www.paideia.org

4. …how do you teach thinking? Talk with a colleague for just a few minutes. Take turns being the speaker and listener. For about two minutes each, share specifics about how you teach thinking…

5. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org The Paideia Seminar is a collaborative, intellectual dialogue, facilitated with open ended questions about a text (page 13).

6. Pre-Seminar Content Four Corners Activity “ There is no necessity for mankind to know and understand all that can be said against or for their opinions.” Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree? National Paideia Center www.paideia.org

7. On Liberty, John Stuart Mill  Label the paragraphs and number the sentences of the text.  Read the excerpt from On Liberty at least once. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org

9. Pre-Seminar Process After breaking up into two Seminar Discussion Groups, choose one of the following Personal Process  Refer to the Text  Build on others’ ideas  Ask a genuine question  Speak out of uncertainty National Paideia Center www.paideia.org

10. Ideas and Values National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Our purpose is to discuss the following ideas: free thought, truth authority, social contract democracy, citizenship

11. www.paideia.org National Paideia Center 919.962.3128 Post-Seminar Spend about 5 minutes writing about a core social issue that is important to you. Explain as many arguments for your position as you can think of. Also, explain as many counter arguments as you can think of.

12. The Seminar Cycle page 42 National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Post-seminar ProcessContent Seminar OpeningCoreClosing Pre-seminar ContentProcess

13. Kinds of Seminars Content School/Faculty Community Seminar Cycle Pre Seminar Content Process Seminar Post Seminar Process Content Seminar Components Text Questions Facilitation Participation Seminar Definition A Paideia Seminar is a formal, intellectual, collaborative dialogue facilitated by open ended questions about a text. The Paideia Seminar

14. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Thoughtful– beyond recall Toward analysis and evaluation Clear—short sweet, to the point Open-ended—elicit numerous correct responses (Page 30) Seminar Questions

15. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Seminar Questions More maieutic Move into the Text Identify Rich Ideas Opening Question Textual More Specific (Socratic) Discuss Text in Detail Core Questions More maieutic Personal Personalize and Apply Ideas Closing Question

16. National Paideia Center www.paideia.org Need more help? See the Dec/Jan issue of Educational Leadership Notice our new physical location and visit us at: 29 ½ Page Ave Asheville, NC 28801 and www.paideia.org