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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






3. Aspect which makes something tangible






4. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






5. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






6. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






7. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






8. Categories of philosophy as an activity






9. 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






10. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






11. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






12. General ideas about education and their logical implications






13. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






14. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






15. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






16. Socrates' ultimate goal






17. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






18. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






19. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






20. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






21. Encourages individual choice






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






23. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






24. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






26. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






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






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






29. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






30. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






31. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






33. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






34. 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






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






36. 'What is valuable?'






37. 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






38. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






39. Theoretical issues and practical issues






40. Experimentalist students are to be both:






41. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






42. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






43. Most famous multiculturalist project






44. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






45. Good and evil in constant battle






46. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






47. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






48. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






49. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






50. 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