Abstract
In response to a growing national concern for reform of American public schooling at the basic levels, Mortimer J. Adler, on behalf of a distinguished group of scholars, educators and administrators published The Paideia Proposal. In Paideia, Adler demonstrates the need for restructuring of our country's basic education system and proposes a framework for this undertaking. A subsequent publication, Paideia Problems and Possibilities, addresses questions and issues raised by educators and provides further details of the proposal. A recent publication, The Paideia Program provides information about the curriculum. This essay examines the Paideia Project and identifies implications and challenges of the project for basic communication education. Section one summarizes The Paideia Proposal. Section two focuses on Paideia teaching and learning methods highlighting the role of communication instruction. Lastly, section three identifies implications, challenges, and discusses the utility of Paideia for current basic communication instruction.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
17
Issue
1
First Page
35
Last Page
44
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Socha, Joseph Thomas
(1985)
"The Paideia Proposal: Implications and Challenges for Communication Instruction,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 17:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol17/iss1/6
Copyright
©1985 Iowa Communication Association
