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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






2. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






3. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






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






6. Portion of being






7. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






8. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






9. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






10. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






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






12. The 'love of wisdom'






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






14. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






15. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






16. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






17. Socrates' ultimate goal






18. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






20. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






21. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






22. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers


23. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






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






25. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






26. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






27. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






28. 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






29. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






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






31. 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






32. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






33. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






34. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






35. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






36. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






37. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






38. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






39. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






40. Consisted of subjects






41. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






42. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






43. A specific body of info every American should know






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






45. 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






46. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






47. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






48. 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






49. 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






50. Academic freedom does not mean _______