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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






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






3. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






4. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






5. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






6. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






7. Aspect which makes something tangible






8. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






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






10. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






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






13. Socrates' ultimate goal






14. Children born from 1981-1999






15. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






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






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






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






19. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






20. 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






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






22. 1600s; get to truth through science






23. 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






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






25. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






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






27. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






28. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






29. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






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






31. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






32. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






33. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






34. 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






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






36. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






37. What the medievals are criticized for






38. Use women more as slaves






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






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






41. 'What is good?'






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






43. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






45. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






46. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






48. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






49. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






50. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind