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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






5. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






6. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






7. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






8. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






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






11. Consisted of subjects






12. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






14. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






15. Learning is...






16. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






17. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






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






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






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






21. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






22. No God






23. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






24. 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






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






26. What is the building block of civilization?






27. Good and evil in constant battle






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






29. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






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






31. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






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






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






34. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






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






36. Martin Luther; John Calvin






37. General ideas about education and their logical implications






38. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






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






40. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






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






42. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






43. 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






44. 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






45. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






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






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






48. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






49. Theoretical issues and practical issues






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