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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Portion of being






3. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






4. 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






5. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






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






7. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






8. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






9. 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






10. 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






11. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






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






14. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






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






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






17. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






18. One that shapes the whole person






19. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






20. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






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






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






24. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






25. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






26. Knowledge most worth having






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






28. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






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






31. Socrates' ultimate goal






32. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






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






34. What Greeks mostly focused on






35. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






36. 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






37. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






38. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






39. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






40. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






41. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






42. What is the building block of civilization?






43. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






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






45. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






46. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






47. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






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






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






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






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