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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Aspect which makes something tangible






3. 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






4. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






5. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






6. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






7. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






8. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






9. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. What is a 'DWEM'?






15. 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






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






17. One that shapes the whole person






18. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






19. Consisted of subjects






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






21. Concept of the beautiful






22. 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






23. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






25. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Stress self-expression






33. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






34. Rational structure of Christian thought






35. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






36. The 'love of wisdom'






37. Two categories of axiology






38. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






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






40. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






42. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






43. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






44. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






45. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






46. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






47. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






48. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






49. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






50. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught