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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What was created to protect academic freedom?






2. 'What is valuable?'






3. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






4. World is permeated by divine essence






5. 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






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






7. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






8. 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






9. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






10. One that shapes the whole person






11. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






13. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






14. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






15. Nature of any given thing






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






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






18. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






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






21. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






22. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






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






24. A specific body of info every American should know






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






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






27. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






28. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






29. What is a 'DWEM'?






30. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






31. What the medievals are criticized for






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






33. What do Americans have the most of in education?






34. 'What is good?'






35. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






36. What medievals focused on






37. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






39. Kant's general form of moral law






40. General ideas about education and their logical implications






41. Started naturalism






42. 3 traditional philosophies of education






43. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






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






45. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






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






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






48. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






49. 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






50. To teach men how to learn for themselves







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