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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






2. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






3. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Concept of the beautiful






10. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






11. 'What is good?'






12. 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






13. Categories of philosophy as an activity






14. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






16. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






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






18. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






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






21. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






22. Theoretical issues and practical issues






23. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






31. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






32. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






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






34. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






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






36. 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






37. Philosophy is both...?






38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






40. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






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






42. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






44. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






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






47. Capability to change in certain ways






48. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






49. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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