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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Two categories of axiology






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






4. Good and evil in constant battle






5. What was created to protect academic freedom?






6. Rational structure of Christian thought






7. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






8. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






9. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






10. Knowledge most worth having






11. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






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






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






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)






15. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






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






17. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






18. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






23. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






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






26. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






27. Categories of philosophy as an activity






28. Consisted of subjects






29. 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






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






31. Use women more as slaves






32. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






33. 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






34. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






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






36. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






37. 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






38. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






39. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






41. What medievals focused on






42. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






46. Stress self-expression






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






48. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






49. Children born from 1981-1999






50. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?







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