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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Theoretical issues and practical issues






2. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






11. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






12. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






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

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15. 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






16. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






17. 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






18. 3 traditional philosophies of education






19. Two categories of axiology






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






21. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






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






23. 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






24. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






25. 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






26. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






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






34. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






35. 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






36. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






37. Concept of the beautiful






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






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






40. Technology is not always a __________.






41. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






42. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






43. 'What is good?'






44. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






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






46. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






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






48. Two main philosophers of idealism






49. A specific body of info every American should know






50. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein: