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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






2. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






4. Consisted of subjects






5. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






7. One that shapes the whole person






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






9. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






10. What medievals focused on






11. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






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






13. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






14. 'Man is the measure of all things'






15. Portion of being






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






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






18. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






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






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






21. 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)






22. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






23. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






25. Two main philosophers of idealism






26. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






27. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






28. Stress self-expression






29. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






32. 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?'






33. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






34. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






35. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






36. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






37. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






38. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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39. Two categories of axiology






40. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






41. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






42. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






43. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






44. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






45. General ideas about education and their logical implications






46. A specific body of info every American should know






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






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






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






50. Rational structure of Christian thought