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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






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






4. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






6. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






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






8. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






9. Knowledge most worth having






10. Encourages individual choice






11. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






12. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






13. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






14. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






15. Kant's general form of moral law






16. What is a 'DWEM'?






17. What medievals focused on






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






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






20. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






21. Most famous multiculturalist project






22. 'What is good?'






23. 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






24. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






25. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






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






28. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






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






30. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






31. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






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






34. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






35. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






36. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






37. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






38. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






39. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






41. Started naturalism






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






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






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






45. Philosophy is both...?






46. 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






47. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






48. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






49. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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