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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. To teach men how to learn for themselves






4. Categories of philosophy as an activity






5. 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






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






7. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






8. Started naturalism






9. Quintessential educated medieval person






10. 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






11. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






12. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






13. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






14. 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






15. 3 traditional philosophies of education






16. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






17. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






18. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






19. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






21. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






22. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






23. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






29. 'What is valuable?'






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






31. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






32. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






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






34. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






35. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






36. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






37. Stress self-expression






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






39. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






40. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






41. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






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






43. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






45. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






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






47. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






48. 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






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






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