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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






4. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






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






6. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






7. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






8. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






9. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






10. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






11. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






12. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






13. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






14. Father of History






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






16. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






17. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






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






19. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






20. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






21. 1600s; get to truth through science






22. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






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






25. Learning is...






26. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






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






28. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






29. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






31. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






32. 3 traditional philosophies of education






33. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






34. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






35. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






37. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






38. 'Man is the measure of all things'






39. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






40. Two main philosophers of idealism






41. Aspect which makes something tangible






42. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






43. All knowledge is derived from the senses






44. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






45. Socrates' ultimate goal






46. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






48. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






50. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue







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