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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Music should be studied with a view to what?






3. Children born from 1981-1999






4. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






5. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






6. Technology is not always a __________.






7. 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






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






9. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






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






12. What is the building block of civilization?






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






14. Portion of being






15. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






16. Aspect which makes something tangible






17. A specific body of info every American should know






18. Use women more as slaves






19. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






20. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






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






22. Encourages individual choice






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






24. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






25. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






26. 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






27. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






28. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






30. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






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






32. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






33. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






34. List of works that have always been studied






35. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






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






38. Capability to change in certain ways






39. Started naturalism






40. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






41. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






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






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






44. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






45. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






46. Nature of any given thing






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






48. Theoretical issues and practical issues






49. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






50. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible