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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






2. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






3. What Greeks mostly focused on






4. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






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






7. What do Americans have the most of in education?






8. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






9. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






10. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






12. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






13. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






14. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Philosophy is both...?






20. 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






21. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






23. Encourages individual choice






24. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






26. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






27. General ideas about education and their logical implications






28. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






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






31. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






33. List of works that have always been studied






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






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






36. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






37. 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






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






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






40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






41. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






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






43. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






44. Stress self-expression






45. 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






46. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






47. Capability to change in certain ways






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






49. World is permeated by divine essence






50. 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