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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
Athens and Sparta
Lyceum
reason for sending child to public school
analytic
2. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here
Thomistic realism
multiculturalism
Epicurus
Plato's division of human decisions
3. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
cognitive
First Amendment activists
Platonic concept of education
reason for sending child to public school
4. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought
Golden Mean and habit
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
idealist metaphysics
linguistic descriptions
5. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought
Laws
subjective idealism
goal of empiricism
Epistemology
6. World is permeated by divine essence
Hindu Patheism
Lyceum
postmodernity
axiology
7. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters
ideal language analysis
analysis
philosophy
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
8. What medievals focused on
vocational training
happiness
metaphysics
revelation
9. 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
Nicocles
hallmark of liberal arts education
ethics
Laws
10. Two categories of axiology
idealist metaphysics
ethics and aesthetics
dialectic
a subject matter and an activity
11. 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?'
Plato and the arts
controlled transaction
transcendential idealism
Key elements of Greek education
12. What Greeks mostly focused on
Pluralism
epitome of postmodern person
reason
a subject matter and an activity
13. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
hairsplitting
tradition of liberal arts education
famous attack of medievals
California and Texas
14. Experience is reality; activity-based
trivium
epitome of postmodern person
pragmatism
descriptive
15. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
goal of liberal education
Isocrates
hubris
16. Nature of any given thing
atheistic wing of existentialism
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Essence
idealist metaphysics
17. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
arete
subjective idealism
happiness
existentialist aesthetics
18. Consisted of subjects
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
arete
Quadrivium
xenophon
19. What was created to protect academic freedom?
Tenure
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
goal of empiricism
scholastic
20. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse
Socrates
Protagorean rationale for general education
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Neil Postman
21. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Criticism of existentialism
postmodernist aesthetics
Socratic method
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
22. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
Integrated Education
philosophical idealist
Lyceum
Materialism
23. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
rejected
Thracians
philosophical idealist
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
24. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
hubris
Republic
liberal learning
Thomistic realism
25. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Justice and meritocracy
existentialism
Amish
normative
26. Technology is not always a __________.
dialectic
categorical imperative
form
Blessing
27. 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
Panathenaicus
practical issues
Pluralism
Modernity
28. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Naturalism
practical side (CDE pattern)
29. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
reason
idealist value theory
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
collective Christian mind
30. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
Epicurus
Hellenica
socialization theories
ethics
31. Two main philosophers of idealism
famous attack of medievals
Isocrates
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
Kant and George Berkeley
32. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?
potentiality
Isocrates
national government
Thracians
33. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
Monkey Trial
analytic philosophy
Abraham Lincoln
Neil Postman
34. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand
postmodernity
Antidosis
scholastic
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
35. 3 traditional philosophies of education
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
critique of great texts of western world
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
36. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider
idealist theory of education
only adequate education
Dorian music
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
37. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty
Order of Trivium
Athens and Sparta
Outmoded
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
38. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
happiness
Socratic method
Aristotle
Abraham Lincoln
39. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
metaphysics
in the home
a healthy Christian theism
difference between leisure and amusement
40. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Experimentalist view of education
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
experiential
Platonic concept of education
41. Use women more as slaves
liberation to truth
embrace them intellectually
Thracians
general education
42. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
Experimentalist view of education
Hindu Patheism
idealist metaphysics
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
43. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
matter
Stanley Fish
Kant and George Berkeley
44. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
hubris
naturalistic cosmotogies
analytic philosophy
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
45. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War
paideia
Hellenica
empirical analytics
preciseness
46. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
Protestant Reformation
dogmatic theory
Xenophon
existentialist view of education
47. Rational structure of Christian thought
sole true end of education
Arabasis
postmodernism
dogmatic theory
48. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
Canon
ethics and aesthetics
general education
Experimentalist aesthetics
49. General ideas about education and their logical implications
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
pure secularism
practical issues
theoretical issues
50. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness
John Dewey
fundamental part of teaching
subjective idealism
philosophy as a subject matter