paideia

paideia definitions

noun
  • 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 

  • The epitome of physical and intellectual achievement to which an Ancient Greek citizen could aspire; societal and cultural perfection. 

  • An early model of Christian higher learning having theology as its chief subject. 

  • A pedagogical system focusing on providing children with a broad and balanced education.