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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. 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






3. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






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






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






6. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






7. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






8. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






9. Good and evil in constant battle






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






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






12. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






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






15. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






16. Consisted of subjects






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






18. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






19. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






20. 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






21. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






23. 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






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






25. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






26. Academic freedom does not mean _______






27. Aspect which makes something tangible






28. Use women more as slaves






29. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






30. Two categories of axiology






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






32. World is an emanation of God's own being






33. Kant's general form of moral law






34. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






35. 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






36. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






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






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






39. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






41. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






42. 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






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






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

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






46. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






47. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






48. 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






49. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






50. Rational structure of Christian thought