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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






3. All knowledge is derived from the senses






4. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






5. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






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






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






8. 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






9. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






11. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






13. 'What is good?'






14. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






20. Capability to change in certain ways






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






22. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






24. 1600s; get to truth through science






25. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






26. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






27. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






28. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






30. Concept of the beautiful






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






32. Father of History






33. Aspect which makes something tangible






34. 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






35. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






37. What medievals focused on






38. Socrates' ultimate goal






39. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






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






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






42. General ideas about education and their logical implications






43. 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






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






45. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






46. It is a dead language






47. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






48. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






49. Philosophy is both...?






50. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment