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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






3. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






5. 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?'






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






7. Academic freedom does not mean _______






8. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






9. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






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






11. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






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






13. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






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






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






16. 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






17. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






18. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






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






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






21. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






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






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






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






25. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






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






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






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






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






30. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






31. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






32. The 'love of wisdom'






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






34. 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






35. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






37. Two main philosophers of idealism






38. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






39. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






44. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






45. Started naturalism






46. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






47. 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






48. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






49. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






50. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






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