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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
philosophical idealist
Strict neutrality
existentialist view of education
metaphysics
2. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
atheistic wing of existentialism
tradition of liberal arts education
Platonic concept of education
3. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
reason for sending child to public school
existence precedes essence
Trivium and Quadrivium
Plato and the arts
4. Aspect which makes something tangible
Amish
matter
Zeno
Neil Postman
5. Portion of being
scholastic
socialization theories
preciseness
actuality
6. 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
Thoreau
Republic
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
Sigmund Freud
7. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving
Sparta
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
Sigmund Freud
Abraham Joshua Heschel
8. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
experiential
ordinary language analysis
Platonic concept of education
rejected
9. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
fundamental part of teaching
Dorian music
tradition of liberal arts education
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
10. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Latin
xenophon
criticism of latin
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
11. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Lyceum
pragmatism
Aristotle
12. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
local government
Platonic concept of education
Peterson
in the home
13. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
naturalism
cognitive
famous attack of medievals
experimentalist aesthetic view
14. Capability to change in certain ways
potentiality
Strict neutrality
Experimentalist view of education
descriptive
15. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Zeno
Arabasis
Plato and the arts
subjective idealism
16. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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17. Philosophy is both...?
a subject matter and an activity
preciseness
empirical analytics
Athens
18. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
subjective idealism
normative
Individual Christian mind
Abraham Lincoln
19. Concept of the beautiful
Nicocles
hubris
idealist metaphysics
aesthetics
20. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Hellenica
mirror of society and critic of society
21. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
Pluralism
naturalistic cosmotogies
empiricism
Outmoded
22. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...
local government
embrace them intellectually
self-knowledge
subjective idealism
23. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend
Trivium and Quadrivium
in the home
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
analytic
24. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
fundamental part of teaching
cultural literacy
form
value neutrality
25. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
Aristotle
a subject matter and an activity
liberation to truth
philosophy of education
26. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Individual Christian mind
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Order of Trivium
logic
27. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
philosophy of education
Pluralism
Middle Ages
Latin
28. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances
cognitive-stage theories
Laws
criticism of latin
ideal language analysis
29. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)
existentialism
linguistic descriptions
practical issues
Laws
30. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Socratic method
Experimentalist values
Memorabilia
only adequate education
31. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
embrace them intellectually
Modernity
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
32. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
general education
flute
Theology
33. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
Materialism
postmodernism
Plato's division of human decisions
X Generation
34. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Panathenaicus
Postmodernity educational practice
Amish
collective Christian mind
35. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
Plato and the arts
Middle Ages
Postmodernity educational practice
transcendential idealism
36. Nature of any given thing
Essence
Athens
up
Materialism
37. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Integrated Education
rejected
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
actuality
38. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc
synthetic
Great defect in modern education
Plato and the arts
Epicurus
39. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
Cosmic dualism
liberal education and career training
multiculturalism
Sir Francis Bacon
40. 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
Materialism
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
arete
Republic
41. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Republic
philosophy of education
hubris
42. 'Man is the measure of all things'
existentialism
Protagoras
normative philosophy of education
Leisure
43. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
noetic powers
Kant and George Berkeley
44. What do Americans have the most of in education?
linguistic descriptions
responsibility theory
confidence
Peterson
45. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
Stanford University Students
First Amendment activists
logic
Integrated Education
46. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?
revelation
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Modernity
local government
47. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students
Isocrates
X Generation
idealist theory of education
arete
48. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
Abraham Lincoln
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
49. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
Experimentalist values
Politics
modernity
trivium
50. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
reason for sending child to public school
naturalism
aesthetics