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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Stress self-expression






2. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






3. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






4. 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






5. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






7. Started naturalism






8. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






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






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






12. Socrates' ultimate goal






13. 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;






14. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






15. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






16. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






18. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






19. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






21. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






22. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






23. 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






24. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






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






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






27. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






28. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






29. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






30. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






31. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






32. 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






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






34. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






35. 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






36. What Greeks mostly focused on






37. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






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






39. What medievals focused on






40. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






41. 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






42. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






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






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






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






46. Experimentalist students are to be both:






47. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






48. Portion of being






49. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






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