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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






3. 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






4. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






5. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






7. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






8. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






9. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






12. Encourages individual choice






13. World is an emanation of God's own being






14. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






15. Concept of the beautiful






16. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






17. No God






18. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






19. 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






20. Theoretical issues and practical issues






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






22. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






23. Learning is...






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






25. 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






26. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






27. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






28. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






29. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






30. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






31. 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






32. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






33. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






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






35. Capability to change in certain ways






36. 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






37. 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






38. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






39. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






40. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






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






42. General ideas about education and their logical implications






43. Academic freedom does not mean _______






44. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






45. Good and evil in constant battle






46. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






48. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






49. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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