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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
Zeno
Sigmund Freud
Criticism of existentialism
normative
2. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important
pragmatism
Allegory of the Cave
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
critique of great texts of western world
3. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
Arabasis
a healthy Christian theism
conceptual mapping
revelation
4. World is permeated by divine essence
Hindu Patheism
cultural literacy
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
empiricism
5. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
naturalistic cosmotogies
Protagoras
Neil Postman
postmodernist aesthetics
6. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...
aesthetics
truth from narratives and story-telling
embrace them intellectually
existentialist aesthetics
7. All knowledge is derived from the senses
empiricism
philosophical analysis
Athens and Sparta
California and Texas
8. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
rejected
metaphysics
empirical analytics
9. 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
Hellenica
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
metaphysics
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
10. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War
Arabasis
Hellenica
Antidosis
Socratic method
11. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
Tenure
virtue
Experimentalist view of education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
12. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty
matter
Order of Trivium
Stanley Fish
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
13. 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
postermodernist literary ideas
Protagoras
Naturalism
general education
14. Learning is...
active
leaner-centered approach
up
metaphysics
15. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
California and Texas
reason
Peterson
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
16. A healthy type of multiculturalism?
Pluralism
idealist theory of education
Lyceum
famous attack of medievals
17. Rational structure of Christian thought
responsibility theory
dogmatic theory
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
18. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
naturalism
Politics
embrace them intellectually
virtue
19. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
Sir Francis Bacon
Protagoras
Protestant Reformation
Leisure
20. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired
Experimentalist aesthetics
form
dogmatic theory
Aristotle
21. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
only adequate education
Laws
Nicocles
22. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Isocrates
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
local government
linguistic descriptions
23. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
quadrivium
Republic
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
pragmatism
24. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers
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25. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?
truth from narratives and story-telling
state
particularism
atheistic wing of existentialism
26. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
quadrivium
existentialism
in the home
27. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
Quadrivium
cognitive
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
conceptual mapping
28. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
Trivium and Quadrivium
mirror of society and critic of society
Great defect in modern education
postmodernity
29. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
tradition of liberal arts education
liberation to truth
Herodotus
empirical analytics
30. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
existentialism
idealist theory of education
in the home
Quadrivium
31. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
postmodernist aesthetics
Latin
dialectic
Stanley Fish
32. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
Protagoras
Socrates
worldview
synthetic
33. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
normative philosophy of education
paideia
reason
34. 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
postmodernist theory of education
Golden Mean and habit
Politics
Epicurus
35. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
Aristotle
Sir Francis Bacon
Justice and meritocracy
hubris
36. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc
Amish
organized knowledge
controlled transaction
existentialist view of education
37. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
sole true end of education
empiricism
Theology
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
38. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
Peterson
conceptual mapping
synthetic
complete moral education
39. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
division of controversial issues
revelation
sauromatides
Isocrates
40. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'
Experimentalist aesthetics
vocational training
Neo-Platonism
modernity
41. Consisted of subjects
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
controlled transaction
Justice and meritocracy
Quadrivium
42. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist
actuality
socialization theories
linguistic descriptions
Jacques Derrida
43. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
value neutrality
multiculturalism
John Dewey
44. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Tolkein approach
philosophical idealist
Nicomachean Ethics
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
45. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
famous attack of medievals
theoretical issues
trivium
philosophical idealist
46. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
self-knowledge
Protagorean rationale for general education
Dead White European Male
Abraham Joshua Heschel
47. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
Monkey Trial
Key elements of Greek education
Thomistic realism
experiential
48. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
flute
cultural literacy
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Platonic concept of education
49. Father of History
Outmoded
Herodotus
truth from narratives and story-telling
Sparta
50. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
trivium
Abraham Lincoln