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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






2. Children born from 1981-1999






3. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






4. Good and evil in constant battle






5. World is an emanation of God's own being






6. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






7. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






8. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






9. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






11. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






12. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






13. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






14. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






15. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






16. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






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






18. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






19. Academic freedom does not mean _______






20. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






21. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






22. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






23. 3 traditional philosophies of education






24. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






25. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






26. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






27. Most famous multiculturalist project






28. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






29. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






30. Nature of any given thing






31. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






33. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






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






35. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






36. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






37. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






38. 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






39. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






40. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






41. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






42. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






43. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






44. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






45. How was ancient Greece divided?






46. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






47. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






48. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






49. 'Man is the measure of all things'






50. What is the hallmark of existentialism?