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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






2. Portion of being






3. One that shapes the whole person






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






5. 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?'






6. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






7. What Greeks mostly focused on






8. 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






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






10. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






11. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






12. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






13. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






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






16. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






17. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






19. Kant's general form of moral law






20. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






21. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






23. Good and evil in constant battle






24. 'What is valuable?'






25. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






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






28. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






29. Socrates' ultimate goal






30. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






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






32. List of works that have always been studied






33. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






34. Use women more as slaves






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. 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






37. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






38. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






39. Martin Luther; John Calvin






40. 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






41. 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






42. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






43. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






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






45. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






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






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






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






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






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