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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






2. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






3. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






4. 1600s; get to truth through science






5. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






6. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






7. Philosophy is both...?






8. Stress self-expression






9. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






10. World is permeated by divine essence






11. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






12. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






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






14. 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






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






16. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






17. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






18. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






19. 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






20. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






21. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






22. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






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






24. 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






25. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






26. The 'love of wisdom'






27. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






28. What medievals focused on






29. Most famous multiculturalist project






30. Martin Luther; John Calvin






31. What is the building block of civilization?






32. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






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






34. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






35. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






37. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






38. Two main philosophers of idealism






39. 'What is good?'






40. All knowledge is derived from the senses






41. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






43. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






44. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






45. 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






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






47. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






48. 3 traditional philosophies of education






49. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






50. Music should be studied with a view to what?