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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
Protestant Reformation
innoculation method
consumerism
2. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Hindu Patheism
Isocrates
experiential
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
3. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger
self-knowledge
Thracians
normative
Laws
4. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
hubris
liberal education and career training
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
pragmatism
5. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
Republic
logic
naturalism
value neutrality
6. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
Neil Postman
Naturalism vs. Christianity
general education
Xenophon
7. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'
Key elements of Greek education
axiology
a healthy Christian theism
Xenophon
8. 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
Republic
existentialist view of education
undergraduate schools
truth from narratives and story-telling
9. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
logic
Memorabilia
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Sigmund Freud
10. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization
Epistemology
difference between leisure and amusement
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
socratic method
11. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
tradition of liberal arts education
Panathenaicus
ethics
controlled transaction
12. 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
general education
Nicomachean Ethics
Arabasis
Laws
13. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero
Nicocles
Isocrates
Materialism
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
14. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
preciseness
Politics
normative
analysis
15. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
Thracians
hallmark of liberal arts education
virtue
idealist metaphysics
16. One that shapes the whole person
division of controversial issues
John Dewey
only adequate education
Zeno
17. 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
Liberally educated person
Middle Ages
pragmatism
organized knowledge
18. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
rejected
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Arabasis
19. Knowledge most worth having
Great defect in modern education
self-knowledge
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
aesthetics
20. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Athens
Thracians
theoretical issues
21. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
confidence
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
quadrivium
rejected
22. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
Lyceum
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
dogmatic theory
quadrivium
23. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving
Stanford University Students
Sparta
Isocrates
undergraduate schools
24. 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
Nicocles
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Xenophon
Integrated Education
25. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Xenophon
national government
Sophists
pure secularism
26. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
famous attack of medievals
Athens
Athens and Sparta
critique of great texts of western world
27. Aspect which makes something tangible
matter
naturalistic cosmotogies
Jacques Derrida
Stanford University Students
28. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
virtue
practical issues
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Laws
29. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
truth from narratives and story-telling
Individual Christian mind
idealist metaphysics
Thomistic realism
30. Consisted of subjects
confidence
Plato's division of human decisions
existentialism
Quadrivium
31. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
Dead White European Male
actuality
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Nicocles
32. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times
Sophists
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
epitome of postmodern person
philosophy as a subject matter
33. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
modernity
subjective idealism
worldview
34. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object
existentialist aesthetics
liberation to truth
Plato's division of human decisions
scholastic
35. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
value neutrality
Plato and the arts
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Strict neutrality
36. 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
criticism of latin
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Laws
Golden Mean and habit
37. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
Great defect in modern education
Postmodernity educational practice
liberal education and career training
Nicomachean Ethics
38. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
Theology
transcendential idealism
a healthy Christian theism
Aristotle
39. 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's division of human decisions
Plato and the arts
existentialist view of education
Stanley Fish
40. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
Dorian music
socialization theories
Republic
Platonic concept of education
41. What Greeks mostly focused on
criticism of latin
Neo-Platonism
reason
Canon
42. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
logic
Postmodernity educational practice
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Blessing
43. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
Materialism
general education
noetic powers
Isocrates
44. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
reason
Isocrates
confidence
Justice and meritocracy
45. Philosophy is both...?
a subject matter and an activity
Platonic concept of education
embrace them intellectually
existence precedes essence
46. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
rhetoric
local government
hallmark of liberal arts education
47. It is a dead language
ethics
criticism of latin
Nicocles
Thomistic realism
48. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
ethics and aesthetics
collective Christian mind
Sophists
Panathenaicus
49. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
normative philosophy of education
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Antidosis
practical side (CDE pattern)
50. 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;
postmodernism
Integrated Education
naturalistic cosmotogies
national government