The Paideia approach to education is based on the principle that all children can learn and that schools should prepare students for becoming lifelong learners.

When developing curriculum units, Moore Square teachers utilize the three components of Paideia to engage students in learning.

Didactic Instruction

Delivery of factual information

Intellectual Coaching

Guidance through
modeling and questioning

Seminar

Collaborative intellectual dialogue

Goal: students to acquire the basic "must know information"

Goal: students to acquire skills such as reading, writing, calculating, and observing in a relevant context

Goal: to expand student understanding of ideas, concepts, and values about the curriculum

Methods: lecture, demonstration, videos, and reading

Methods: curriculum units or Coached Projects

Methods: opening, core, & closing questions about a text