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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
embrace them intellectually
Panathenaicus
Individual Christian mind
2. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical
Naturalism
reason
Order of Trivium
Sir Francis Bacon
3. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse
Trivium and Quadrivium
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
conceptual mapping
4. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
goal of empiricism
liberal learning
postmodernity
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
5. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc
famous attack of medievals
sauromatides
organized knowledge
Athens
6. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
descriptive
tradition of liberal arts education
normative philosophy of education
Zeno
7. One that shapes the whole person
only adequate education
general education
potentiality
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
8. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
innoculation method
First Amendment activists
Socratic method
hallmark of liberal arts education
9. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
local government
Modernity
Isocrates
undergraduate schools
10. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving
Sparta
linguistic descriptions
Experimentalist values
preciseness
11. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
self-knowledge
Thomistic realism
logic
Memorabilia
12. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
idealist theory of education
synthetic
Dorian music
famous attack of medievals
13. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
ideal language analysis
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
Republic
Aristotle
14. Categories of philosophy as an activity
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
Dead White European Male
leaner-centered approach
state
15. 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
empirical analytics
Justice and meritocracy
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
16. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
Abraham Lincoln
postmodernism
philosophical analysis
Postmodernity educational practice
17. 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
Theology
Euthydemus
theistic wing of existentialism
Golden Mean and habit
18. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
Stanford University Students
Socratic method
socratic method
19. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
Leisure
cultural literacy
philosophical analysis
synthetic
20. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
naturalism
reader-response theory
Great defect in modern education
reason for sending child to public school
21. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
hubris
philosophical idealist
Laws
analysis
22. To teach men how to learn for themselves
Protagoras
sole true end of education
atheistic wing of existentialism
Allegory of the Cave
23. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
up
happiness
goal of empiricism
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
24. Kant's general form of moral law
Sparta
Liberally educated person
categorical imperative
logic
25. 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
subjective idealism
Nicomachean Ethics
existentialism
quadrivium
26. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
Modernity
Naturalism
Neo-Platonism
philosophical idealist
27. List of works that have always been studied
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
organized knowledge
religious zealots
Canon
28. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Thracians
Kant and George Berkeley
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
ideal language analysis
Plato
reader-response theory
general education
30. 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
responsibility theory
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
embrace them intellectually
Tolkein approach
31. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
dogmatic theory
Republic
self-knowledge
Postmodernity educational practice
32. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
fundamental part of teaching
cultural literacy
categorical imperative
Stanford University Students
33. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
X Generation
Panathenaicus
quadrivium
34. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b
Panathenaicus
Tenure
Sophists
liberal learning
35. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
normative
rhetoric
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
socratic method
36. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here
Epicurus
sole true end of education
Experimentalist aesthetics
linguistic descriptions
37. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Xenophon
philosophy of education
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Cosmic dualism
38. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Athens and Sparta
pure secularism
Isocrates
hallmark of liberal arts education
39. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
Integrated Education
socratic method
Individual Christian mind
in the home
40. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
Naturalism
Great defect in modern education
socratic method
hubris
41. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Integrated Education
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Hindu Patheism
categorical imperative
42. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
Isocrates
innoculation method
Strict neutrality
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
43. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
worldview
empirical analytics
Thracians
Lyceum
44. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
Thracians
idealist metaphysics
California and Texas
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
45. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Amish
cognitive
Pluralism
46. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Blessing
matter
First Amendment activists
47. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
state
liberal learning
reason
postmodernist aesthetics
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
practical side (CDE pattern)
Tenure
Naturalism vs. Christianity
existentialist view of education
49. Music should be studied with a view to what?
ideal language analysis
Epistemology
subjective idealism
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
50. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
Sigmund Freud
criticism of latin
categorical imperative
famous attack of medievals