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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






3. Nature of any given thing






4. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






6. Aspect which makes something tangible






7. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






8. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






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






10. Two main philosophers of idealism






11. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






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






13. List of works that have always been studied






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






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






16. What Greeks mostly focused on






17. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






18. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






19. 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






20. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






21. Categories of philosophy as an activity






22. What the medievals are criticized for






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






24. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






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






26. Learning is...






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






28. General ideas about education and their logical implications






29. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






31. 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






32. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






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






34. Started naturalism






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






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






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






38. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






39. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






40. 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






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






42. 'What is good?'






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






44. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






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






46. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






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






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






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






50. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero