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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






4. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






5. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






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






7. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






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






9. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






11. Concept of the beautiful






12. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






13. 3 traditional philosophies of education






14. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






15. 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






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






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






18. Portion of being






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






20. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






21. 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






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






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






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






25. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






26. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






27. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






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






29. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






30. Started naturalism






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






32. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






34. Knowledge most worth having






35. 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






36. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






37. 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






38. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






39. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






40. 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






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






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






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






45. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






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






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






48. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






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






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