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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






3. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






4. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






5. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






6. What medievals focused on






7. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






8. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






9. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






10. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






11. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






12. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






13. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






14. What was created to protect academic freedom?






15. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






16. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






17. To teach men how to learn for themselves






18. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






19. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






20. Capability to change in certain ways






21. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






22. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






23. Socrates' ultimate goal






24. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






25. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






26. 'What is valuable?'






27. Knowledge most worth having






28. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






29. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






30. 'What is good?'






31. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






32. 1600s; get to truth through science






33. 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






34. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






35. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






36. Portion of being






37. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






38. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






39. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






40. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






41. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






42. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






43. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






44. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






45. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






46. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






47. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






48. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






49. Encourages individual choice






50. What Sayers says is the best language to learn







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