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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. What is the building block of civilization?






3. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






4. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






5. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






6. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






8. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






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






10. 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






11. 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?'






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






13. Academic freedom does not mean _______






14. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






15. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






16. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






17. 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;






18. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






19. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






20. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






21. Aspect which makes something tangible






22. Two main philosophers of idealism






23. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






24. It is a dead language






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






26. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






27. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






29. 'What is good?'






30. General ideas about education and their logical implications






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Portion of being






35. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






36. 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






37. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






38. Quintessential educated medieval person






39. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






40. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






41. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






42. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






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






44. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






46. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






47. 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






48. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






49. The 'love of wisdom'






50. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language