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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
multiculturalism
Thracians
philosophy
xenophon
2. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
empiricism
analytic
Amish
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
3. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
general education
logic
Experimentalist aesthetics
Abraham Lincoln
4. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
philosophy of education
virtue
a subject matter and an activity
Politics
5. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being
Thomistic realism
paideia
reader-response theory
reason
6. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
Socratic method
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Politics
Materialism
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
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
innoculation method
existentialism
Dead White European Male
8. Aspect which makes something tangible
matter
experiential
Nicomachean Ethics
ethics
9. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
dialectic
a healthy Christian theism
Experimentalist view of education
cognitive
10. Experience is reality; activity-based
religious zealots
philosophy of education
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
pragmatism
11. Encourages individual choice
value neutrality
metaphysics
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
existentialism
12. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question
Hindu Patheism
casuity
Stanley Fish
empirical analytics
13. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
Isocrates
collective Christian mind
practical side (CDE pattern)
ideal language analysis
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
Dead White European Male
analytic philosophy
idealist theory of education
California and Texas
15. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
preciseness
religious zealots
Thomistic realism
practical side (CDE pattern)
16. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances
leaner-centered approach
Great defect in modern education
cognitive-stage theories
rhetoric
17. What is the building block of civilization?
Family
hairsplitting
Sir Francis Bacon
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
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
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
virtue
Thracians
existentialism
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
Antidosis
Materialism
multiculturalism
active
20. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
collective Christian mind
Isocrates
conceptual mapping
rejected
21. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
multiculturalism
linguistic descriptions
hairsplitting
a healthy Christian theism
22. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
X Generation
flute
practical issues
difference between leisure and amusement
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
Arabasis
Nicomachean Ethics
casuity
Herodotus
24. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
liberal learning
reader-response theory
criticism of latin
postermodernist literary ideas
25. Father of History
Herodotus
Strict neutrality
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
general education
26. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Dorian music
Justice and meritocracy
idealist metaphysics
27. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
leaner-centered approach
philosophical analysis
postmodernism
practical issues
28. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?
Naturalism
existentialism
national government
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
29. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
philosophical idealist
theoretical issues
Aristotle
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
30. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'
Plato
Athens
sauromatides
cognitive-stage theories
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
socialization theories
naturalistic cosmotogies
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
dialectic
32. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
goal of liberal education
paideia
Jacques Derrida
existentialist view of education
33. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
Politics
embrace them intellectually
existentialist view of education
Postmodernity educational practice
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
Aristotle
innoculation method
analytic philosophy
Strict neutrality
35. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
philosophical idealist
cognitive
a healthy Christian theism
Experimentalist values
36. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
truth from narratives and story-telling
state
Thoreau
religious zealots
37. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
postmodernist theory of education
Lyceum
existentialism
Socratic method
38. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
experiential
pragmatism
Stanford University Students
39. Academic freedom does not mean _______
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Memorabilia
Strict neutrality
reason
40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
transcendential idealism
Middle Ages
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
41. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
existentialist view of education
Plato's division of human decisions
state
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
42. 'What is valuable?'
Isocrates
axiology
Dead White European Male
Nicomachean Ethics
43. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Zeno
socratic method
Republic
cultural literacy
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
Golden Mean and habit
Postmodernity educational practice
philosophy as a subject matter
Plato's division of human decisions
45. What was created to protect academic freedom?
Tenure
empiricism
Naturalism
Stanley Fish
46. Experimentalist students are to be both:
descriptive
First Amendment activists
mirror of society and critic of society
ideal language analysis
47. To teach men how to learn for themselves
sole true end of education
Strict neutrality
ordinary language analysis
Against the Sophists
48. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
multiculturalism
religious zealots
Stanley Fish
49. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
postermodernist literary ideas
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
quadrivium
hallmark of liberal arts education
50. Started naturalism
Sparta
Sir Francis Bacon
Individual Christian mind
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'