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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






2. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






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






4. 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






5. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






6. One that shapes the whole person






7. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






8. What Greeks mostly focused on






9. Good and evil in constant battle






10. Categories of philosophy as an activity






11. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






12. Academic freedom does not mean _______






13. Stress self-expression






14. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






16. How was ancient Greece divided?






17. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






18. 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






19. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






20. 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






21. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






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






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






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






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






26. World is permeated by divine essence






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






28. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






29. Concept of the beautiful






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






31. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






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






33. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






35. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






37. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






38. What do Americans have the most of in education?






39. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






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






41. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






42. Consisted of subjects






43. Two main philosophers of idealism






44. 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






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






46. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






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






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






49. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






50. 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