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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
empiricism
criticism of latin
2. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
reader-response theory
Modernity
Thracians
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
3. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Athens
cultural literacy
Experimentalist aesthetics
Republic
4. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
reader-response theory
Thomistic realism
Thoreau
reason for sending child to public school
5. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
preciseness
Socratic method
atheistic wing of existentialism
6. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
empirical analytics
Platonic concept of education
empiricism
state
7. Capability to change in certain ways
Justice and meritocracy
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
potentiality
Sigmund Freud
8. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
philosophical analysis
John Dewey
dialectic
reason for sending child to public school
9. 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
idealist theory of education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
postmodernism
10. Rational structure of Christian thought
flute
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
Athens
dogmatic theory
11. 'What is good?'
atheistic wing of existentialism
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
ethics
Experimentalist aesthetics
12. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
cultural literacy
idealist value theory
pure secularism
Leisure
13. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty
Plato's division of human decisions
Order of Trivium
mirror of society and critic of society
form
14. Consisted of subjects
Experimentalist aesthetics
Naturalism
Postmodernity educational practice
Quadrivium
15. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
logic
consumerism
Neo-Platonism
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
16. 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)
metaphysics
practical issues
Abraham Lincoln
existentialism
17. 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
empirical analytics
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
postmodernist theory of education
Plato's division of human decisions
18. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
Athens
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Kant and George Berkeley
embrace them intellectually
19. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Postmodernity educational practice
Golden Mean and habit
Kant and George Berkeley
Isocrates
20. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important
practical side (CDE pattern)
Allegory of the Cave
philosophy as a subject matter
Individual Christian mind
21. A specific body of info every American should know
cultural literacy
Nicomachean Ethics
responsibility theory
Leisure
22. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Sophists
dialectic
vocational training
23. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts
ethics and aesthetics
analytic philosophy
controlled transaction
Republic
24. Nature of any given thing
criticism of latin
existentialism
Sir Francis Bacon
Essence
25. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous
Dead White European Male
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Essence
general education
26. What the medievals are criticized for
responsibility theory
hairsplitting
John Dewey
religious zealots
27. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
Socratic method
Liberally educated person
rhetoric
Stanley Fish
28. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race
Liberally educated person
Against the Sophists
Epistemology
Laws
29. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
truth from narratives and story-telling
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
happiness
Laws
30. 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
division of controversial issues
synthetic
Family
31. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
Monkey Trial
cognitive-stage theories
undergraduate schools
Trivium and Quadrivium
32. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters
mirror of society and critic of society
Thoreau
liberal education and career training
analysis
33. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc
organized knowledge
difference between leisure and amusement
philosophical analysis
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
34. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
flute
Panathenaicus
Peterson
experiential
35. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
particularism
existentialist view of education
Epicurus
tradition of liberal arts education
36. One that shapes the whole person
only adequate education
critique of great texts of western world
ordinary language analysis
Athens and Sparta
37. World is permeated by divine essence
Sir Francis Bacon
pragmatism
confidence
Hindu Patheism
38. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
pragmatism
Arabasis
Individual Christian mind
complete moral education
39. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
hubris
postermodernist literary ideas
Isocrates
experimentalist aesthetic view
40. World is an emanation of God's own being
Isocrates
cognitive-stage theories
dogmatic theory
Neo-Platonism
41. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
reader-response theory
liberation to truth
complete moral education
Essence
42. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
Athens
postmodernist aesthetics
innoculation method
organized knowledge
43. Learning is...
Tenure
active
Hellenica
tradition of liberal arts education
44. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
Sparta
idealist metaphysics
Republic
revelation
45. 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
Individual Christian mind
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
cognitive
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
46. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry
Thomistic realism
tradition of liberal arts education
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
sauromatides
47. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Key elements of Greek education
goal of liberal education
Liberally educated person
48. Experience is reality; activity-based
Panathenaicus
pragmatism
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
49. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
postmodernity
trivium
Order of Trivium
Allegory of the Cave
50. 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
California and Texas
Justice and meritocracy
ages that Trivium should be used
Sophists