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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






3. 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






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






5. Started naturalism






6. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






7. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






8. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






9. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






10. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






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






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






13. 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






14. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






15. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






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






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






18. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






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






20. Experience is reality; activity-based






21. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






22. Philosophy is both...?






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






24. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






25. Rational structure of Christian thought






26. 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






27. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






28. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






29. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






30. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






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






33. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






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






36. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






37. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






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






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






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






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






42. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






43. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






44. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






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






46. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






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






49. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






50. What medievals focused on