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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






2. Kant's general form of moral law






3. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






4. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






6. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






7. 'What is good?'






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






9. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






10. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






11. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






12. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






13. Encourages individual choice






14. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






15. 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






16. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






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






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






19. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






20. Nature of any given thing






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






22. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






23. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






25. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






26. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






27. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






28. 1600s; get to truth through science






29. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






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






31. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






32. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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33. What was created to protect academic freedom?






34. 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






35. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






36. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






37. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






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






41. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






42. 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






43. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






44. Rational structure of Christian thought






45. 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






46. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






47. No God






48. Quintessential educated medieval person






49. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






50. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it