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5. A student's preparation for earning a living is not the primary objective of schooling.
Adler stressed that the proposal is intended for the education of all children. Its most
fundamental assumptions states that ‘Every child can learn and that is why they deserves the
best possible schooling. Every child then is entitled to the best quality education for the best
being and that school should be responsible for how well they do it’. Adler believed that the
individual differences such as natural talents and natural environments from which children
come should be compensated in schools.by remedial or supplementary instructions or
preschool tutoring.
There is ample research showing that young children respond in amazing ways to the stimulus of
learning: their brains are like sponges and absorb knowledge with a capacity and rapidity like never
later in life. Therefore, from early age the main priority of all educators should be providing young
minds with the best possible educational opportunities. All children should be provided with the best
school the country can provide in order to help individuals reach their potential and discover inner
talents.
With this view in mind, our international project group set our sights on developing the best
educational programme to fit the needs and expectations of the New Generation of students - the
students of today. Creating our approach to educating young minds we derived a lot of inspiration
from The Paideia Proposal, which in its core promotes the enduring value of education and sustainable
overall growth and development of every individual.
In this paper we examine the main Paideia principles with a view of developing and
implementing the best ideas in our own scheme.
The first few principle make up a coherent message to all teachers and educators of all kind.
Our project group truly believe that every child has its own inborn potential and educators
(parents, teachers, sports instructors etc.) should use their best knowledge and practices to
help their learners discover it. That is why we are deeply convinced that our moral
responsibility is to maintain ‘the desire to continue our own learning which should be
our prime motivation once we decided to dedicate our lives to the profession of
teaching’.