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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. 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






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






4. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






5. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






7. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Encourages individual choice






13. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






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






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






17. Stress self-expression






18. What is a 'DWEM'?






19. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






20. 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






21. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






22. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






23. All knowledge is derived from the senses






24. 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)






25. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






26. To teach men how to learn for themselves






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






28. It is a dead language






29. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






30. No God






31. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






32. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






33. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






34. Music should be studied with a view to what?






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






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






37. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






39. 'What is good?'






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






41. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






42. Kant's general form of moral law






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






44. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






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






47. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






49. Good and evil in constant battle






50. What is the building block of civilization?