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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. 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
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
analysis
theistic wing of existentialism
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
2. What Sayers says is the best language to learn
rejected
Latin
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Plato's division of human decisions
3. Experimentalist students are to be both:
Nicomachean Ethics
mirror of society and critic of society
liberation to truth
general education
4. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already
Memorabilia
experiential
Republic
a healthy Christian theism
5. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object
Xenophon
Athens
dogmatic theory
existentialist aesthetics
6. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?
state
Justice and meritocracy
local government
active
7. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Plato and the arts
John Dewey
Trivium and Quadrivium
Integrated Education
8. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Memorabilia
in the home
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Socrates
9. Philosophy is both...?
Sophists
only adequate education
Tolkein approach
a subject matter and an activity
10. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Epicurus
Nicomachean Ethics
Xenophon
difference between leisure and amusement
11. 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
Naturalism vs. Christianity
conceptual mapping
organized knowledge
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
12. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?
undergraduate schools
Postmodernity educational practice
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
ages that Trivium should be used
13. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?
famous attack of medievals
reason for sending child to public school
Athens
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
14. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
naturalistic cosmotogies
Aristotle
trivium
15. Technology is not always a __________.
Pluralism
fundamental part of teaching
responsibility theory
Blessing
16. Good and evil in constant battle
liberation to truth
Isocrates
Zeno
Cosmic dualism
17. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
paideia
socratic method
Stanford University Students
18. Music should be studied with a view to what?
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Quadrivium
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
Theology
19. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Great defect in modern education
up
hallmark of liberal arts education
20. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
empirical analytics
Great defect in modern education
philosophy
Socrates
21. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Tolkein approach
Materialism
Laws
Aristotle
22. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
linguistic descriptions
liberal learning
scholastic
Abraham Lincoln
23. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Allegory of the Cave
in the home
Aristotle
24. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
self-knowledge
normative philosophy of education
Laws
Naturalism
25. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
First Amendment activists
John Dewey
Experimentalist view of education
categorical imperative
26. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
Isocrates
controlled transaction
California and Texas
linguistic descriptions
27. To teach men how to learn for themselves
goal of empiricism
idealist value theory
sole true end of education
analysis
28. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
liberation to truth
collective Christian mind
Nicomachean Ethics
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
29. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Protagorean rationale for general education
subjective idealism
criticism of latin
30. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
Trivium and Quadrivium
empiricism
dialectic
Abraham Joshua Heschel
31. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise
philosophy
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Plato
Nicomachean Ethics
32. 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
Abraham Lincoln
existentialism
Protagoras
logic
33. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired
Key elements of Greek education
existentialism
Protagoras
Experimentalist aesthetics
34. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
axiology
Golden Mean and habit
cognitive
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
35. Portion of being
pragmatism
sauromatides
Naturalism
actuality
36. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
philosophy of education
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
Thracians
37. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Zeno
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Latin
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
38. Children born from 1981-1999
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
Amish
philosophy as a subject matter
worldview
39. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
naturalism
Abraham Lincoln
X Generation
Hindu Patheism
40. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
metaphysics
Leisure
Plato's division of human decisions
41. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?
modernity
practical side (CDE pattern)
up
Essence
42. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
Canon
Peterson
Tolkein approach
normative philosophy of education
43. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Hindu Patheism
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
socialization theories
44. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
ages that Trivium should be used
Individual Christian mind
Xenophon
philosophy of education
45. 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
philosophical idealist
Xenophon
existentialism
Socrates
46. 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?'
Key elements of Greek education
Stanford University Students
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
goal of empiricism
47. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
mirror of society and critic of society
modernity
descriptive
48. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist
Jacques Derrida
logic
practical issues
goal of liberal education
49. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
synthetic
paideia
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
Cosmic dualism
50. 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
Sparta
Thomistic realism
Aristotle
empirical analytics