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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






2. World is permeated by divine essence






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






4. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






5. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






6. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






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






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






9. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






10. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






11. Socrates' ultimate goal






12. 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






13. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






14. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






15. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






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






17. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






18. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






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






20. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






21. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






23. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






25. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






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






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






28. No God






29. Experience is reality; activity-based






30. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






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






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






33. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






34. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






35. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






36. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






37. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






38. The 'love of wisdom'






39. Encourages individual choice






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






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






42. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






43. Quintessential educated medieval person






44. All knowledge is derived from the senses






45. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






47. 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)






48. 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






49. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






50. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil