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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
critique of great texts of western world
philosophical idealist
state
Outmoded
2. 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
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
Latin
undergraduate schools
naturalistic cosmotogies
3. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
Thomistic realism
ages that Trivium should be used
xenophon
Politics
4. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
flute
synthetic
Zeno
5. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'
practical side (CDE pattern)
Arabasis
analytic
vocational training
6. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
reader-response theory
Family
undergraduate schools
worldview
7. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
Dorian music
vocational training
Experimentalist values
postmodernist theory of education
8. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
Middle Ages
philosophy of education
analytic
empirical analytics
9. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions
Justice and meritocracy
transcendential idealism
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
10. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
Blessing
Sigmund Freud
Justice and meritocracy
Thomistic realism
11. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it
subjective idealism
Thomistic realism
vocational training
Stanley Fish
12. Encourages individual choice
xenophon
philosophy as a subject matter
existentialism
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
13. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
ideal language analysis
general education
collective Christian mind
liberation to truth
14. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Experimentalist aesthetics
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Stanley Fish
Aristotle
15. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?
John Dewey
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
First Amendment activists
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
16. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
Sir Francis Bacon
actuality
theistic wing of existentialism
Lyceum
17. Stress self-expression
Memorabilia
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
maturational theories
18. What is a 'DWEM'?
liberal learning
worldview
existentialism
Dead White European Male
19. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
ordinary language analysis
local government
state
philosophy of education
20. 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
Isocrates
Nicomachean Ethics
linguistic descriptions
goal of liberal education
21. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
in the home
naturalistic cosmotogies
cognitive
controlled transaction
22. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
Peterson
Neo-Platonism
Allegory of the Cave
reason for sending child to public school
23. All knowledge is derived from the senses
empiricism
Middle Ages
Theology
famous attack of medievals
24. 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)
liberation to truth
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
existentialism
flute
25. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Tolkein approach
collective Christian mind
Against the Sophists
existentialism
26. To teach men how to learn for themselves
normative philosophy of education
complete moral education
Stanley Fish
sole true end of education
27. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
complete moral education
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Cosmic dualism
dialectic
28. It is a dead language
criticism of latin
cognitive
sauromatides
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
29. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
Golden Mean and habit
axiology
Latin
descriptive
30. No God
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
responsibility theory
Lyceum
Naturalism vs. Christianity
31. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
transcendential idealism
Neo-Platonism
Blessing
Athens and Sparta
32. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...
local government
criticism of latin
potentiality
embrace them intellectually
33. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
Modernity
Stanley Fish
Xenophon
axiology
34. Music should be studied with a view to what?
Naturalism
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
cognitive
philosophy of education
35. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend
socratic method
matter
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
analytic
36. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Criticism of existentialism
Experimentalist values
Isocrates
Zeno
37. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition
postmodernity
noetic powers
Middle Ages
practical issues
38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
Nicomachean Ethics
Isocrates
Thracians
Thoreau
39. 'What is good?'
ethics
controlled transaction
theoretical issues
Blessing
40. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
revelation
Xenophon
Arabasis
reason
41. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question
philosophy
empirical analytics
Republic
empiricism
42. Kant's general form of moral law
up
socratic method
Leisure
categorical imperative
43. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
synthetic
preciseness
socratic method
Quadrivium
44. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
a subject matter and an activity
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
philosophy
Protagorean rationale for general education
45. 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
Sir Francis Bacon
empirical analytics
cognitive
Against the Sophists
46. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
Protagoras
Aristotle
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
normative
47. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
Middle Ages
reason
descriptive
hallmark of liberal arts education
48. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here
Stanford University Students
collective Christian mind
Epicurus
existentialism
49. Good and evil in constant battle
Cosmic dualism
cognitive-stage theories
philosophy as a subject matter
atheistic wing of existentialism
50. What is the building block of civilization?
innoculation method
postmodernity
trivium
Family