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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
Postmodernity educational practice
Naturalism vs. Christianity
undergraduate schools
existence precedes essence
2. Academic freedom does not mean _______
postmodernist theory of education
Athens and Sparta
Strict neutrality
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
3. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
descriptive
Blessing
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Socratic method
4. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
First Amendment activists
tradition of liberal arts education
Outmoded
Isocrates
5. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
Neil Postman
transcendential idealism
confidence
Tolkein approach
6. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
synthetic
religious zealots
Thoreau
Blessing
7. What the medievals are criticized for
hairsplitting
Socratic method
ordinary language analysis
arete
8. World is an emanation of God's own being
xenophon
First Amendment activists
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Neo-Platonism
9. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
undergraduate schools
quadrivium
Arabasis
Epicurus
10. Technology is not always a __________.
Plato
epitome of postmodern person
Blessing
linguistic descriptions
11. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
Experimentalist values
ethics and aesthetics
Plato's division of human decisions
hairsplitting
12. 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
theistic wing of existentialism
Nicocles
complete moral education
Abraham Lincoln
13. 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
noetic powers
worldview
Experimentalist values
difference between leisure and amusement
14. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless
Thoreau
Laws
ideal language analysis
logic
15. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
postmodernism
Blessing
metaphysics
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
16. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being
theistic wing of existentialism
Athens
empirical analytics
paideia
17. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc
Plato's division of human decisions
metaphysics
division of controversial issues
Plato and the arts
18. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
socratic method
transcendential idealism
empirical analytics
19. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?
flute
descriptive
epitome of postmodern person
up
20. 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
collective Christian mind
Isocrates
Euthydemus
Herodotus
21. Kant's general form of moral law
Postmodernity educational practice
controlled transaction
potentiality
categorical imperative
22. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
dogmatic theory
Thoreau
multiculturalism
philosophical idealist
23. What is a 'DWEM'?
Dead White European Male
California and Texas
Isocrates
Justice and meritocracy
24. Started naturalism
categorical imperative
Criticism of existentialism
Sir Francis Bacon
general education
25. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
synthetic
Neil Postman
in the home
postmodernist aesthetics
26. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world
Protagoras
Politics
Socrates
noetic powers
27. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
idealist value theory
Nicocles
ethics and aesthetics
general education
28. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
experimentalist aesthetic view
only adequate education
synthetic
29. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
particularism
existence precedes essence
Theology
Socrates
30. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
Hindu Patheism
cognitive-stage theories
Experimentalist values
hubris
31. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
Protestant Reformation
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Postmodernity educational practice
32. 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
Hindu Patheism
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
postermodernist literary ideas
33. One that shapes the whole person
subjective idealism
only adequate education
Thomistic realism
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
34. Theoretical issues and practical issues
ages that Trivium should be used
particularism
reason for sending child to public school
division of controversial issues
35. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
Key elements of Greek education
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
subjective idealism
Thoreau
36. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor
preciseness
Neil Postman
goal of liberal education
epitome of postmodern person
37. Use women more as slaves
epitome of postmodern person
Outmoded
Thracians
Isocrates
38. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
Laws
division of controversial issues
truth from narratives and story-telling
national government
39. 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
philosophy of education
synthetic
difference between leisure and amusement
ordinary language analysis
40. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
Strict neutrality
Plato
potentiality
reader-response theory
41. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment
up
Experimentalist aesthetics
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
xenophon
42. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
Experimentalist view of education
Epicurus
famous attack of medievals
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
43. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
cognitive-stage theories
Great defect in modern education
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
a healthy Christian theism
44. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Athens and Sparta
Theology
experiential
45. World is permeated by divine essence
Hindu Patheism
worldview
Cosmic dualism
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
46. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
Isocrates
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
Canon
Abraham Joshua Heschel
47. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
naturalism
Family
complete moral education
Platonic concept of education
48. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
a healthy Christian theism
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Zeno
Protagoras
49. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
leaner-centered approach
Neo-Platonism
Great defect in modern education
50. Categories of philosophy as an activity
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
postmodernist aesthetics
cultural literacy