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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






3. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






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






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






6. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






7. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






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. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






10. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






11. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






12. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Stress self-expression






19. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






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






21. A specific body of info every American should know






22. Categories of philosophy as an activity






23. 'Man is the measure of all things'






24. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






25. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






26. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






27. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






29. List of works that have always been studied






30. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






31. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






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






33. Socrates' ultimate goal






34. Nature of any given thing






35. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






36. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






37. Experimentalist students are to be both:






38. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






39. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






40. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






41. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






42. Good and evil in constant battle






43. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






44. 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






45. 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






46. 3 traditional philosophies of education






47. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






48. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






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






50. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments