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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






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






3. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






4. Good and evil in constant battle






5. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






6. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






7. 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






8. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






9. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






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






11. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






17. What is a 'DWEM'?






18. World is permeated by divine essence






19. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






20. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






21. 1600s; get to truth through science






22. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






23. Aspect which makes something tangible






24. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






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






26. Quintessential educated medieval person






27. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






28. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






30. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






32. Kant's general form of moral law






33. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






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






35. 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






36. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






37. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






38. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






40. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






41. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






42. 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)






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






44. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






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






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






48. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






49. 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;






50. 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