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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






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






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






5. A specific body of info every American should know






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






7. 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






8. Good and evil in constant battle






9. Academic freedom does not mean _______






10. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






11. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






16. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






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

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18. Encourages individual choice






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






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






21. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






23. How was ancient Greece divided?






24. 3 traditional philosophies of education






25. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






26. Rational structure of Christian thought






27. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






28. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






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






30. 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?'






31. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






33. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






34. No God






35. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






36. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






38. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






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






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






41. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






42. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






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






44. Capability to change in certain ways






45. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






46. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






47. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






48. What is the building block of civilization?






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






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