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paideia

Noun

Meaning

(Ancient Greece, historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy

(Ancient Greece, historical, education) The epitome of physical and intellectual achievement to which an Ancient Greek citizen could aspire; societal and cultural perfection.

(Early Christianity, historical, education) An early model of Christian higher learning having theology as its chief subject.

(US, education, frequently attributive) A pedagogical system focusing on providing children with a broad and balanced education.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to Moeller, he should have a business card that says“Paideia 450: will travel” because since 2008 he has traveled to London, Western Europe, Tanzania, Vietnam, and New Zealand. Source: Internet

Greeks have a long tradition of valuing and investing in paideia (education). Source: Internet

The objective of Paideia is not only to learn new (possibly non-useful) things, but to turn the tables on students and encourage them to teach. Source: Internet

D. (1981) in psychology from Paideia University, an unaccredited institution that has since closed. Source: Internet

He introduced the Paideia Proposal which resulted in his founding the Paideia Program, a grade-school curriculum centered around guided reading and discussion of difficult works (as judged for each grade). Source: Internet

This led to a strong desire among Greeks to organize the transmission of the Hellenic paideia to the next generation. Source: Internet

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