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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Protestant Reformation
Criticism of existentialism
Lyceum
2. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters
Sophists
Tolkein approach
Arabasis
analysis
3. How was ancient Greece divided?
ages that Trivium should be used
Aristotle
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Naturalism
4. 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
Experimentalist aesthetics
philosophy
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
Cosmic dualism
5. Most famous multiculturalist project
liberal education and career training
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
critique of great texts of western world
6. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
Republic
goal of empiricism
dialectic
Lyceum
7. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
scholastic
8. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:
arete
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
national government
idealist value theory
9. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Arabasis
up
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Leisure
10. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
analytic
aesthetics
a healthy Christian theism
reader-response theory
11. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
Epicurus
metaphysics
Stanley Fish
Laws
12. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Thoreau
Essence
pure secularism
Zeno
13. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
idealist value theory
form
Protagoras
Experimentalist view of education
14. Academic freedom does not mean _______
Strict neutrality
a healthy Christian theism
Sigmund Freud
Tolkein approach
15. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization
hallmark of liberal arts education
Protagorean rationale for general education
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Stanford University Students
16. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Jacques Derrida
Athens
state
Thracians
17. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
worldview
Athens and Sparta
philosophical idealist
liberation to truth
18. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
hairsplitting
ages that Trivium should be used
Tolkein approach
19. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry
sauromatides
Lyceum
Experimentalist aesthetics
Republic
20. Children born from 1981-1999
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
multiculturalism
Panathenaicus
21. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
Lyceum
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
metaphysics
existentialist view of education
22. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
Liberally educated person
naturalistic cosmotogies
Laws
collective Christian mind
23. Kant's general form of moral law
a healthy Christian theism
categorical imperative
Jacques Derrida
Athens
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
collective Christian mind
Aristotle
axiology
Isocrates
25. Quintessential educated medieval person
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
scholastic
subjective idealism
26. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
experiential
xenophon
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
general education
27. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
consumerism
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
confidence
descriptive
28. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
metaphysics
potentiality
Pluralism
cognitive
29. What medievals focused on
general education
revelation
socratic method
particularism
30. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
matter
hubris
a healthy Christian theism
axiology
31. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
Abraham Joshua Heschel
trivium
Sir Francis Bacon
descriptive
32. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
trivium
Experimentalist aesthetics
ages that Trivium should be used
33. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
paideia
Experimentalist values
hairsplitting
34. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
Thoreau
synthetic
Plato
liberal education and career training
35. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
postermodernist literary ideas
Sir Francis Bacon
postmodernity
leaner-centered approach
36. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
theistic wing of existentialism
subjective idealism
postmodernist theory of education
rejected
37. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse
Sparta
naturalism
Socrates
descriptive
38. World is permeated by divine essence
general education
Hindu Patheism
Republic
Panathenaicus
39. Application of ethical principles in particular instances
ideal language analysis
casuity
Experimentalist values
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
40. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?
existentialism
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
complete moral education
Epistemology
41. Learning is...
active
mirror of society and critic of society
vocational training
Justice and meritocracy
42. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired
Politics
organized knowledge
Hellenica
Experimentalist aesthetics
43. Theoretical issues and practical issues
Republic
division of controversial issues
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
44. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
leaner-centered approach
analysis
Aristotle
scholastic
45. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Politics
Abraham Lincoln
sauromatides
46. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
normative
Peterson
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
confidence
47. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
aesthetics
Modernity
Dorian music
hallmark of liberal arts education
48. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
pragmatism
Republic
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Individual Christian mind
49. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions
Platonic concept of education
philosophy as a subject matter
Lyceum
Epicurus
50. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
idealist metaphysics
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Allegory of the Cave
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