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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:
aesthetics
Canon
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
analytic
2. World is permeated by divine essence
Herodotus
up
postmodernism
Hindu Patheism
3. 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
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
active
Sparta
Canon
4. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
Sigmund Freud
Abraham Lincoln
Middle Ages
analytic philosophy
5. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
Laws
analysis
truth from narratives and story-telling
philosophical analysis
6. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Aristotle
Quadrivium
hallmark of liberal arts education
Tolkein approach
7. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
value neutrality
Thomistic realism
Latin
descriptive
8. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
X Generation
Athens
liberal education and career training
self-knowledge
9. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Individual Christian mind
Stanford University Students
Sophists
xenophon
10. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
general education
Republic
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
arete
11. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
tradition of liberal arts education
Sophists
Protagorean rationale for general education
12. General ideas about education and their logical implications
atheistic wing of existentialism
theoretical issues
Experimentalist aesthetics
existence precedes essence
13. 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
Platonic concept of education
Aristotle
existentialism
Stanley Fish
14. Started naturalism
Sir Francis Bacon
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
form
existence precedes essence
15. Learning is...
active
virtue
Hellenica
Materialism
16. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'
postmodernism
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
vocational training
descriptive
17. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions
revelation
Middle Ages
philosophy as a subject matter
Isocrates
18. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
flute
undergraduate schools
innoculation method
particularism
19. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
fundamental part of teaching
reader-response theory
form
Canon
20. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times
Hindu Patheism
Sophists
arete
existentialism
21. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
existentialism
reason for sending child to public school
Protestant Reformation
responsibility theory
22. 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?'
Key elements of Greek education
theoretical issues
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
particularism
23. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
normative
idealist theory of education
organized knowledge
Experimentalist values
24. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
philosophy of education
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
Sir Francis Bacon
25. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
Tenure
Allegory of the Cave
innoculation method
goal of empiricism
26. To teach men how to learn for themselves
Postmodernity educational practice
sole true end of education
up
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
27. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
Postmodernity educational practice
axiology
synthetic
matter
28. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
reader-response theory
Neil Postman
Athens and Sparta
rejected
29. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
confidence
Nicocles
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
30. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
Theology
worldview
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
experiential
31. 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
famous attack of medievals
metaphysics
existentialism
Isocrates
32. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?
flute
pure secularism
Socratic method
mirror of society and critic of society
33. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
ages that Trivium should be used
truth from narratives and story-telling
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
metaphysics
34. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
idealist value theory
Plato's division of human decisions
Plato
sauromatides
35. Capability to change in certain ways
Naturalist aim of education
potentiality
maturational theories
Hindu Patheism
36. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
Tenure
naturalistic cosmotogies
theoretical issues
hubris
37. List of works that have always been studied
cognitive
Platonic concept of education
Canon
Laws
38. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
Middle Ages
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
analysis
analytic
39. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Xenophon
subjective idealism
axiology
multiculturalism
40. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse
normative philosophy of education
descriptive
empiricism
conceptual mapping
41. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
Stanford University Students
Arabasis
tradition of liberal arts education
42. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
idealist metaphysics
liberal education and career training
Thoreau
43. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as
socratic method
Laws
Republic
Plato
44. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
practical side (CDE pattern)
rejected
preciseness
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
45. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
Athens and Sparta
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
goal of liberal education
mirror of society and critic of society
46. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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47. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question
empirical analytics
value neutrality
Plato's division of human decisions
existence precedes essence
48. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
revelation
synthetic
postmodernity
a subject matter and an activity
49. 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
a subject matter and an activity
Lyceum
form
50. Aspect which makes something tangible
matter
X Generation
postmodernism
postmodernist theory of education