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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. The 'love of wisdom'






2. List of works that have always been studied






3. 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?'






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






5. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






6. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






8. General ideas about education and their logical implications






9. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






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






12. Children born from 1981-1999






13. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






14. 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






15. No God






16. Most famous multiculturalist project






17. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






18. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






19. Theoretical issues and practical issues






20. 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






21. A specific body of info every American should know






22. 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






23. Philosophy is both...?






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






25. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






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






27. Stress self-expression






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






29. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






30. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






31. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






32. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






33. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






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






35. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






36. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






40. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






41. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






43. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






44. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






45. 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






46. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






48. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






49. 'What is valuable?'






50. 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






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