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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






3. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






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






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






6. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






7. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






8. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






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






11. Academic freedom does not mean _______






12. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






13. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






14. Nature of any given thing






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






16. 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






17. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






18. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






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






21. 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






22. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






23. 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






24. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






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






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






27. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






28. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






29. Quintessential educated medieval person






30. Portion of being






31. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






32. List of works that have always been studied






33. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






34. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






35. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






36. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






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






39. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






40. 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






41. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






43. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






44. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






45. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






46. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






48. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






49. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






50. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'