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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






2. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






3. Good and evil in constant battle






4. Encourages individual choice






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






6. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






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






9. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






10. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






11. 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






12. 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






13. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






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






17. Music should be studied with a view to what?






18. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






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






20. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






21. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






22. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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






24. Nature of any given thing






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






26. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






27. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






28. 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






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






30. What medievals focused on






31. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






33. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






34. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






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






36. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






37. 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






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






39. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






40. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






41. 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






42. Consisted of subjects






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






44. 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






45. Started naturalism






46. List of works that have always been studied






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






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






49. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






50. Academic freedom does not mean _______







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