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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. 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






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

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4. Technology is not always a __________.






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






6. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






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






8. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






10. World is an emanation of God's own being






11. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






12. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






14. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






15. 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






16. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






17. What is the building block of civilization?






18. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






19. 1600s; get to truth through science






20. Use women more as slaves






21. 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






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






23. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






24. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






25. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






27. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






28. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






29. 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






30. Academic freedom does not mean _______






31. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






32. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






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






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






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






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






37. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






38. How was ancient Greece divided?






39. 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






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






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






42. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






43. What Greeks mostly focused on






44. Rational structure of Christian thought






45. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






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






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






48. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






49. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






50. One that shapes the whole person