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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






3. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






4. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






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






6. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






7. 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






8. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






10. Experience is reality; activity-based






11. Encourages individual choice






12. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






13. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






14. 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






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






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






17. What is the building block of civilization?






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






22. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






23. 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






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






25. Father of History






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






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






28. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






34. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






35. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






36. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






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






38. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






39. Academic freedom does not mean _______






40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






41. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






42. 'What is valuable?'






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






44. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






45. What was created to protect academic freedom?






46. Experimentalist students are to be both:






47. To teach men how to learn for themselves






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






49. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






50. Started naturalism