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of North Georgia, a regional multi-campus institution and premier senior military college, provides a culture of academic excellence in a student-focused environment that includes quality education, service, inquiry and creativity. This is accomplished through broad access to comprehensive academic and co-curricular programs that develop students into leaders for a diverse and global society. Final Draft due: September 15, by 11:59p.m., in the appropriate D2L dropbox Quick Reference Guide Word count:1800-2400 words Stance: Your choice Topic: Connecting Classical Western pedagogy with current pedagogical trends Format: MLA format Audience: Me Images: Up to two, if appropriate to your stance and audience

Background Thus far, we have been engaging with a variety of primary and secondary sources regarding classical western education. From the Older Sophists, to Isocrates, to Quintilian, these rhetors/teachers all had a unique spin on education and today we currently experience these unique spins in one guise or another. Objective (s) In this literacy-task, I invite you to reflect on classical pedagogy in concert with your own education experience. In other words, how do you see, say, Isocratess vision of a liberal arts education playing out or not playing out at UNG? Or, what connections can be made between your experience with music in elementary or middle school and how the Romans viewed the teaching or music? When evaluating your essay, I will be looking for the following: Construct a clearly articulated main point Reflect on and pull examples from your education experience Point to specific words or passages in the class reading
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Connect with your audience Properly format your essay according to MLA guidelines

Helpful Material Excerpts from Isocrates Marrou Guthrie Hawhee

John Poulakoss Rhetoric and Civic Education: From the Sophists to Isocrates (optional, see me if interested) Class discussion Your education experience Optional: Outside sources of your choice dealing with classical education or major current educational trends.

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