1. By: Kayli Daymon Todd Molander Scott Reffel Ben Rude Nathan Schmidt Jack Seltenright

2. Lev Vygotsky (1896-1943) Raised during the Russian Revolution Education Philosophies: – Zone of Proximal Development – Scaffolding – Three stages of language development Impacts on education: – Guided teacher/student participation – Peer interactions

3. Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development task level: too easy result: boredom scaffolding: none task level: appropriate result: learning scaffolding: some task level: too difficult result: frustration scaffolding: much http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx84h-i3w8U

4. Lisa Delpit Books by Lisa Delpit: – Other's People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom (1995) – The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children – The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African American Children (1998) – The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom (2002)

5. Lisa Delpit Contributions to Education: – Miscommunication in the classroom. – Usage of non-standard English in classrooms. – Ten Factors Essential to Success in Urban Classrooms

6. Mortimer Adler (1902- 2001) He was an American philosopher, educator, and author. He worked for Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Adler's own Institute for Philosophical Research. He wrote over 50 books ranging from Britannica's Great Books of the Western World, The Great Ideas Program, Gateway to the Great Books, The Annals of America, and Encyclopedia Britannica No one truly gets educated in school. “I now think I am educated, I have forgotten most of the things I have learned in school.” The biggest thing that students acquire in schools is the ability to learn. Other skills areWriting, reading, good speech, and good behavior Schools are not at their best

7. Mortimer Adler (Ideas On Education) All students should receive a Classics based education The Great Books program where the Socratic method is used is an example of a model he developed, and many variations came off of this as well. Adler wanted students to be critical thinkers. Believed learning was a life long process Paideia Proposal