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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






2. Technology is not always a __________.






3. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






4. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






5. 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?'






6. Two categories of axiology






7. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






8. Martin Luther; John Calvin






9. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






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






11. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






12. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






14. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






15. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






16. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






17. 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






18. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






19. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






20. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






21. 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






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






23. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






24. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






25. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






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






27. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






28. No God






29. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






30. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






31. 'What is valuable?'






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

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






34. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






35. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






36. One that shapes the whole person






37. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






38. Philosophy is both...?






39. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






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






41. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






42. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






43. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






44. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






45. 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






46. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






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






48. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






50. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church