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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Two categories of axiology
Zeno
division of controversial issues
ethics and aesthetics
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
2. Stress self-expression
Zeno
maturational theories
epitome of postmodern person
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
3. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
division of controversial issues
Tolkein approach
Modernity
4. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
empiricism
Sir Francis Bacon
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
collective Christian mind
5. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
philosophical idealist
analysis
reason
6. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
fundamental part of teaching
Strict neutrality
general education
Politics
7. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers
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8. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
idealist value theory
embrace them intellectually
Experimentalist aesthetics
9. A harmful type of multiculturalism?
casuity
empiricism
particularism
dialectic
10. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa
Athens
John Dewey
Sophists
maturational theories
11. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
philosophical analysis
Aristotle
epitome of postmodern person
12. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
Abraham Lincoln
transcendential idealism
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
logic
13. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
postmodernist theory of education
metaphysics
a healthy Christian theism
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
14. 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
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Plato
Herodotus
Republic
15. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
multiculturalism
metaphysics
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
sauromatides
16. Children born from 1981-1999
metaphysics
Protagoras
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
Experimentalist aesthetics
17. 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
Experimentalist view of education
Golden Mean and habit
potentiality
truth from narratives and story-telling
18. List of works that have always been studied
Canon
dialectic
cultural literacy
descriptive
19. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
Materialism
philosophy
empiricism
categorical imperative
20. All knowledge is derived from the senses
Thomistic realism
responsibility theory
confidence
empiricism
21. How was ancient Greece divided?
criticism of latin
Integrated Education
postmodernity
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
22. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this
Key elements of Greek education
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Euthydemus
postmodernist theory of education
23. World is an emanation of God's own being
Euthydemus
modernity
Neo-Platonism
Postmodernity educational practice
24. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being
Republic
paideia
casuity
up
25. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?
difference between leisure and amusement
national government
idealist metaphysics
ethics and aesthetics
26. Concept of the beautiful
Quadrivium
scholastic
aesthetics
multiculturalism
27. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
active
Panathenaicus
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
hubris
28. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
general education
Against the Sophists
hallmark of liberal arts education
self-knowledge
29. Started naturalism
difference between leisure and amusement
Sir Francis Bacon
Protagoras
goal of empiricism
30. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry
sauromatides
Abraham Joshua Heschel
collective Christian mind
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
31. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
idealist metaphysics
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
form
controlled transaction
32. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Stanford University Students
Experimentalist values
Epicurus
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
33. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
Arabasis
goal of liberal education
Canon
happiness
34. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Republic
Aristotle
happiness
Experimentalist values
35. 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
Nicocles
Pluralism
Thomistic realism
virtue
36. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
Republic
self-knowledge
existentialism
liberal education and career training
37. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
Epicurus
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
revelation
reason for sending child to public school
38. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Arabasis
sole true end of education
existentialist view of education
39. Aspect which makes something tangible
matter
Laws
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
fundamental part of teaching
40. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
aesthetics
pure secularism
Nicomachean Ethics
postmodernist aesthetics
41. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
Integrated Education
complete moral education
Memorabilia
analytic philosophy
42. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Integrated Education
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
revelation
axiology
43. Nature of any given thing
xenophon
Essence
particularism
Against the Sophists
44. Consisted of subjects
complete moral education
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Quadrivium
Experimentalist view of education
45. It is a dead language
revelation
Aristotle
philosophy of education
criticism of latin
46. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
Naturalist aim of education
Socrates
Experimentalist values
sole true end of education
47. No God
Naturalism vs. Christianity
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Cosmic dualism
practical side (CDE pattern)
48. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
goal of liberal education
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Trivium and Quadrivium
multiculturalism
49. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it
Dead White European Male
Kant and George Berkeley
Outmoded
Thomistic realism
50. 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
ordinary language analysis
flute
Justice and meritocracy
Platonic concept of education