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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. 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
atheistic wing of existentialism
leaner-centered approach
existentialist aesthetics
postermodernist literary ideas
2. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
cultural literacy
noetic powers
transcendential idealism
Leisure
3. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
existentialist aesthetics
Key elements of Greek education
Amish
Platonic concept of education
4. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand
a healthy Christian theism
Aristotle
embrace them intellectually
Antidosis
5. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?
ages that Trivium should be used
theistic wing of existentialism
dogmatic theory
flute
6. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
maturational theories
reason for sending child to public school
Key elements of Greek education
virtue
7. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
idealist metaphysics
state
reason for sending child to public school
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
8. Rational structure of Christian thought
practical issues
liberation to truth
reason
dogmatic theory
9. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
Trivium and Quadrivium
analytic
philosophy
Postmodernity educational practice
10. 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
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
Amish
Thomistic realism
Arabasis
11. 3 traditional philosophies of education
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
atheistic wing of existentialism
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
philosophy as a subject matter
12. 'What is good?'
Sparta
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
existentialism
ethics
13. Two main philosophers of idealism
Kant and George Berkeley
preciseness
Great defect in modern education
Platonic concept of education
14. Theoretical issues and practical issues
idealist metaphysics
division of controversial issues
transcendential idealism
Dead White European Male
15. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Nicomachean Ethics
Sophists
philosophy of education
16. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
famous attack of medievals
Isocrates
reader-response theory
liberal education and career training
17. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
Canon
Nicomachean Ethics
tradition of liberal arts education
Peterson
18. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
postermodernist literary ideas
existentialist view of education
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
self-knowledge
19. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation
collective Christian mind
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Sigmund Freud
20. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought
Middle Ages
idealist theory of education
actuality
linguistic descriptions
21. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
famous attack of medievals
pragmatism
Protagorean rationale for general education
value neutrality
22. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
experiential
postmodernism
Tolkein approach
descriptive
23. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
noetic powers
general education
Antidosis
in the home
24. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Essence
Integrated Education
modernity
embrace them intellectually
25. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
Stanley Fish
general education
in the home
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
26. World is permeated by divine essence
Hindu Patheism
Protagorean rationale for general education
Protagoras
Xenophon
27. Good and evil in constant battle
Cosmic dualism
philosophy as a subject matter
ages that Trivium should be used
Key elements of Greek education
28. 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
philosophy
Aristotle
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
Sophists
29. 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
epitome of postmodern person
Against the Sophists
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
critique of great texts of western world
30. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?
Hellenica
atheistic wing of existentialism
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
flute
31. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor
only adequate education
categorical imperative
Postmodernity educational practice
epitome of postmodern person
32. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
empirical analytics
Neo-Platonism
First Amendment activists
Experimentalist view of education
33. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
existentialist view of education
division of controversial issues
cognitive
preciseness
34. Martin Luther; John Calvin
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Lyceum
empirical analytics
Protestant Reformation
35. 'Man is the measure of all things'
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Protestant Reformation
Protagoras
Herodotus
36. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
famous attack of medievals
X Generation
existentialist aesthetics
37. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
philosophical analysis
rhetoric
Nicomachean Ethics
vocational training
38. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
Middle Ages
Platonic concept of education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Modernity
39. Academic freedom does not mean _______
Strict neutrality
theoretical issues
tradition of liberal arts education
metaphysics
40. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
Naturalist aim of education
ethics
cognitive-stage theories
worldview
41. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay
Monkey Trial
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
maturational theories
general education
42. Aspect which makes something tangible
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
matter
Xenophon
43. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living
consumerism
Individual Christian mind
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Xenophon
44. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
reason
normative philosophy of education
actuality
a healthy Christian theism
45. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations
ages that Trivium should be used
pure secularism
cognitive-stage theories
empiricism
46. Stress self-expression
Hellenica
a subject matter and an activity
Family
maturational theories
47. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
metaphysics
truth from narratives and story-telling
Plato
empirical analytics
48. What Greeks mostly focused on
famous attack of medievals
naturalistic cosmotogies
reason
Euthydemus
49. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
potentiality
postermodernist literary ideas
division of controversial issues
50. What do Americans have the most of in education?
Athens and Sparta
confidence
undergraduate schools
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
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