Author Question: Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal advocated a. activities and projects as the focus of the ... (Read 55 times)

lbcchick · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal advocated

a. activities and projects as the focus of the curriculum.
b. utilitarian education.
c. heavy emphasis on social sciences.
d. one high-quality curriculum for all students.

Question 2

Postmodernist critics who attack the perennialist notions of education, such as the Great Books approach, do so on the grounds that

a. not all children will be able to understand such complex literature.
b. perennialist approaches to education are restricted to unchanging knowledge from certain times and contexts only.
c. the Great Books approach to education leaves little time for anything beyond reading.
d. only a small minority of schools will be able to afford the wealth of literature necessary for an effective perennialist education.