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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






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






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






4. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






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






6. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






7. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






8. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






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






11. Capability to change in certain ways






12. Most famous multiculturalist project






13. 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






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






15. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






16. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






17. Music should be studied with a view to what?






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






19. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






20. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






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






22. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






24. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






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






26. World is permeated by divine essence






27. 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






28. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






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






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






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






32. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






34. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






35. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






37. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






38. 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






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






40. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






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






42. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






44. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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45. Encourages individual choice






46. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






47. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






48. Father of History






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






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