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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. World is an emanation of God's own being






2. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






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






5. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






6. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






7. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






8. 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






9. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






10. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






15. Experience is reality; activity-based






16. 'What is good?'






17. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






19. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






20. Most famous multiculturalist project






21. Learning is...






22. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






23. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






24. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






26. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






27. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






28. Stress self-expression






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






30. Philosophy is both...?






31. 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






32. Socrates' ultimate goal






33. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






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






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






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






37. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






38. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






39. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






40. 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






41. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






42. 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






43. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






44. 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






45. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






46. How was ancient Greece divided?






47. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






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






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






50. Experimentalist students are to be both: