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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






3. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






4. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






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






6. Experience is reality; activity-based






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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)






11. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






13. General ideas about education and their logical implications






14. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






15. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






16. Learning is...






17. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






18. What medievals focused on






19. 'What is valuable?'






20. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






22. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






23. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






24. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. What do Americans have the most of in education?






31. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






32. 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






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






34. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






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






36. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






38. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






39. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






40. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






41. How was ancient Greece divided?






42. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






43. Encourages individual choice






44. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






45. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






46. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






47. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






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






49. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






50. What is the hallmark of existentialism?