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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Knowledge most worth having
Family
Hindu Patheism
self-knowledge
Golden Mean and habit
2. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
Leisure
logic
metaphysics
general education
3. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization
modernity
socratic method
undergraduate schools
Stanford University Students
4. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Isocrates
ordinary language analysis
pragmatism
5. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
ages that Trivium should be used
analytic
Zeno
Neil Postman
6. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
John Dewey
Justice and meritocracy
quadrivium
7. Experience is reality; activity-based
idealist theory of education
pragmatism
goal of empiricism
Abraham Joshua Heschel
8. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
self-knowledge
Thomistic realism
a healthy Christian theism
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
9. All knowledge is derived from the senses
Outmoded
pure secularism
theoretical issues
empiricism
10. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation
Amish
religious zealots
pragmatism
Neil Postman
11. Theoretical issues and practical issues
division of controversial issues
matter
flute
Epistemology
12. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand
Antidosis
practical side (CDE pattern)
confidence
Laws
13. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
Materialism
Outmoded
local government
X Generation
14. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
cognitive
Dorian music
Plato and the arts
existentialism
15. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
Plato
religious zealots
reader-response theory
empiricism
16. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
Neo-Platonism
scholastic
hallmark of liberal arts education
a subject matter and an activity
17. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions
Athens and Sparta
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
empiricism
First Amendment activists
18. Music should be studied with a view to what?
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Thracians
Latin
Socrates
19. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment
Theology
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
reason for sending child to public school
socialization theories
20. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
transcendential idealism
quadrivium
sole true end of education
matter
21. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
fundamental part of teaching
philosophy as a subject matter
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Athens and Sparta
22. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
cognitive
experiential
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
23. Categories of philosophy as an activity
Allegory of the Cave
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
transcendential idealism
Pluralism
24. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
naturalism
synthetic
postmodernism
25. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind
postmodernity
Aristotle
Postmodernity educational practice
logic
26. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
Stanford University Students
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
multiculturalism
famous attack of medievals
27. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
philosophy
Materialism
synthetic
Isocrates
28. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Lyceum
Athens
controlled transaction
responsibility theory
29. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'
Naturalist aim of education
atheistic wing of existentialism
controlled transaction
linguistic descriptions
30. Portion of being
liberal education and career training
Tenure
actuality
dogmatic theory
31. Two main philosophers of idealism
postmodernist theory of education
Dead White European Male
Kant and George Berkeley
form
32. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist
theoretical issues
ages that Trivium should be used
Abraham Lincoln
Jacques Derrida
33. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
multiculturalism
California and Texas
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
experimentalist aesthetic view
34. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
sauromatides
liberation to truth
fundamental part of teaching
ethics and aesthetics
35. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
preciseness
value neutrality
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
36. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider
Amish
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
multiculturalism
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
37. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
existence precedes essence
happiness
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
Key elements of Greek education
38. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
cultural literacy
reader-response theory
Athens
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
39. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
theistic wing of existentialism
Golden Mean and habit
40. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
rhetoric
form
postermodernist literary ideas
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
41. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)
existentialism
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
local government
Laws
42. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
philosophy of education
Hindu Patheism
Aristotle
a healthy Christian theism
43. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
Protagoras
liberal learning
a subject matter and an activity
Experimentalist values
44. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
multiculturalism
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
ordinary language analysis
analytic philosophy
45. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
embrace them intellectually
Monkey Trial
Zeno
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
46. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Key elements of Greek education
empiricism
Memorabilia
Justice and meritocracy
47. 3 traditional philosophies of education
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
cognitive
Trivium and Quadrivium
48. Consisted of subjects
particularism
hairsplitting
ethics
Quadrivium
49. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought
Naturalism vs. Christianity
dogmatic theory
linguistic descriptions
Platonic concept of education
50. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
Experimentalist view of education
active
Naturalism vs. Christianity
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive