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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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3. Rational structure of Christian thought






4. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






5. What Greeks mostly focused on






6. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






7. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






8. 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






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






10. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






11. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






13. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






15. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






16. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






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






19. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






20. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






21. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






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






24. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






25. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






27. 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






28. Portion of being






29. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






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






31. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






32. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






33. Experimentalist students are to be both:






34. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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35. World is permeated by divine essence






36. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






38. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






39. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






40. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






41. 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






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






43. 'What is good?'






44. What is a 'DWEM'?






45. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






47. Father of History






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






49. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






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