Re: Physics and the Paideia Process

["RAUBER, JOEL" <JOEL_RAUBER@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Tony,

A quick 60 second look at the website (not really enough to judge by) gave
me the impression that these "paideia" schools may have a lot in common with
Steiner schools (more commonly known as Waldorff schools in the US).

Is that a mistaken impression?

Joel R.
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Tony
> Wayne wrote:
>
> > I'm currently taking another how to educate class. One of
> my assignments is
> > to conduct a paideia seminar IN PHYSICS. (If you curious as
> to what the
> > paideai process is, you can find out more at
http://www.paideia.org.)
> Eliminating metaphysics, does anyone teach a physics lesson involving the
> paideia method? If so what topic do you teach and what resources do you
use
> to springboard the discussion?
> -Tony
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> Tony Wayne                    Those that can, do.
> wayne@pen.k12.va.us           Those that understand, teach.

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr.               574-284-4662
Associate Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556