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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






3. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






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






5. Philosophy is both...?






6. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






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






8. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






9. 'What is valuable?'






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






11. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






12. 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






13. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






15. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






16. Stress self-expression






17. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






18. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






19. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






20. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






21. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






22. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






24. 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






25. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






26. Categories of philosophy as an activity






27. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






29. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






30. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






36. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






37. Encourages individual choice






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






39. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






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






45. Kant's general form of moral law






46. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






47. It is a dead language






48. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






49. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






50. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero