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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






2. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






8. Use women more as slaves






9. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






10. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






11. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






12. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






13. 'What is good?'






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






15. Concept of the beautiful






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






17. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






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






19. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






26. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






27. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






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






29. Theoretical issues and practical issues






30. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






31. 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






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






33. World is permeated by divine essence






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






35. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






36. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






37. 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






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






39. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






40. Categories of philosophy as an activity






41. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






42. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






43. What medievals focused on






44. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






46. Philosophy is both...?






47. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






48. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






49. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






50. 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