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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Materialism
criticism of latin
dogmatic theory
2. 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
Plato and the arts
cognitive-stage theories
religious zealots
John Dewey
3. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race
Aristotle
criticism of latin
Allegory of the Cave
Liberally educated person
4. 'What is good?'
ethics
normative
Middle Ages
Family
5. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry
sauromatides
Naturalism vs. Christianity
X Generation
a subject matter and an activity
6. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
experiential
Athens and Sparta
preciseness
7. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
postmodernity
Republic
Canon
metaphysics
8. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless
ideal language analysis
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
active
Plato and the arts
9. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
Laws
Hellenica
noetic powers
10. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
hairsplitting
First Amendment activists
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Thracians
11. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
Modernity
postmodernist aesthetics
quadrivium
liberal education and career training
12. A harmful type of multiculturalism?
up
Athens
particularism
philosophical analysis
13. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
Essence
philosophical analysis
ages that Trivium should be used
axiology
14. 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)
Epicurus
paideia
Republic
existentialism
15. 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;
reason
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
postmodernism
Sophists
16. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
epitome of postmodern person
cognitive-stage theories
Xenophon
17. What Sayers says is the best language to learn
consumerism
form
Essence
Latin
18. General ideas about education and their logical implications
aesthetics
theoretical issues
Xenophon
pragmatism
19. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this
Euthydemus
Herodotus
state
Dead White European Male
20. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
Naturalism
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
value neutrality
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
21. Portion of being
liberal learning
Sir Francis Bacon
matter
actuality
22. Two categories of axiology
Hindu Patheism
metaphysics
difference between leisure and amusement
ethics and aesthetics
23. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
liberal education and career training
Politics
arete
Essence
24. How was ancient Greece divided?
Isocrates
Plato and the arts
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
25. 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
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
flute
Protagoras
Key elements of Greek education
26. Experience is reality; activity-based
pragmatism
logic
active
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
27. Academic freedom does not mean _______
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Criticism of existentialism
Strict neutrality
a healthy Christian theism
28. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
Pluralism
normative philosophy of education
cognitive
dogmatic theory
29. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
general education
Plato
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
responsibility theory
30. What medievals focused on
analytic philosophy
tradition of liberal arts education
revelation
paideia
31. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
Monkey Trial
paideia
controlled transaction
Aristotle
32. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?
X Generation
socratic method
Experimentalist aesthetics
active
33. Philosophy is both...?
idealist metaphysics
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Strict neutrality
a subject matter and an activity
34. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
particularism
normative philosophy of education
dialectic
philosophy of education
35. 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
Stanford University Students
cognitive-stage theories
existentialist view of education
Nicocles
36. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
Key elements of Greek education
Aristotle
up
Protagorean rationale for general education
37. 'What is valuable?'
pure secularism
axiology
ethics
Experimentalist values
38. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
collective Christian mind
Plato
Zeno
rhetoric
39. Music should be studied with a view to what?
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
existentialist aesthetics
truth from narratives and story-telling
Theology
40. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
California and Texas
trivium
Experimentalist values
rhetoric
41. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
transcendential idealism
Isocrates
John Dewey
ordinary language analysis
42. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
Neil Postman
fundamental part of teaching
Hindu Patheism
43. It is a dead language
postmodernist aesthetics
local government
criticism of latin
ethics and aesthetics
44. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
particularism
goal of empiricism
Zeno
Theology
45. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions
analysis
experimentalist aesthetic view
Hellenica
Tolkein approach
46. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
Euthydemus
Panathenaicus
sauromatides
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
47. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
only adequate education
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
existentialist view of education
Sophists
48. Learning is...
Sigmund Freud
active
philosophical analysis
First Amendment activists
49. Socrates' ultimate goal
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Middle Ages
virtue
division of controversial issues
50. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
Modernity
Great defect in modern education
Key elements of Greek education
Leisure