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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
naturalistic cosmotogies
goal of empiricism
existence precedes essence
atheistic wing of existentialism
2. 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
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
undergraduate schools
hallmark of liberal arts education
Protestant Reformation
3. Quintessential educated medieval person
scholastic
Isocrates
Arabasis
conceptual mapping
4. Academic freedom does not mean _______
analysis
Republic
Strict neutrality
theistic wing of existentialism
5. 'Man is the measure of all things'
casuity
Kant and George Berkeley
Order of Trivium
Protagoras
6. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
categorical imperative
Theology
Justice and meritocracy
conceptual mapping
7. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position
division of controversial issues
general education
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
potentiality
8. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
Epicurus
Antidosis
arete
postmodernity
9. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment
xenophon
division of controversial issues
Leisure
organized knowledge
10. Started naturalism
Tenure
Postmodernity educational practice
Hindu Patheism
Sir Francis Bacon
11. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
transcendential idealism
Republic
Aristotle
Antidosis
12. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Great defect in modern education
Naturalist aim of education
pure secularism
Amish
13. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Quadrivium
practical issues
mirror of society and critic of society
14. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
Thracians
complete moral education
practical issues
existentialism
15. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
Liberally educated person
normative philosophy of education
undergraduate schools
empirical analytics
16. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
ethics
controlled transaction
preciseness
Xenophon
17. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
Protagorean rationale for general education
Athens and Sparta
leaner-centered approach
religious zealots
18. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse
Socrates
Thomistic realism
only adequate education
Tolkein approach
19. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
value neutrality
Plato and the arts
Strict neutrality
a healthy Christian theism
20. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions
experimentalist aesthetic view
synthetic
Amish
Kant and George Berkeley
21. World is an emanation of God's own being
Plato and the arts
ethics and aesthetics
Neo-Platonism
Laws
22. Categories of philosophy as an activity
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
cognitive
self-knowledge
hallmark of liberal arts education
23. Technology is not always a __________.
metaphysics
socratic method
Blessing
criticism of latin
24. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
arete
analytic philosophy
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
25. 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
practical issues
reason for sending child to public school
X Generation
26. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Socratic method
Antidosis
postmodernist aesthetics
27. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living
cognitive
Essence
Dorian music
consumerism
28. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it
Thomistic realism
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
hallmark of liberal arts education
Sigmund Freud
29. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
Stanford University Students
liberal education and career training
Neil Postman
leaner-centered approach
30. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers
31. Two main philosophers of idealism
Kant and George Berkeley
truth from narratives and story-telling
Aristotle
Republic
32. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
matter
Neil Postman
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
33. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
Laws
Tenure
Sparta
Plato
34. World is permeated by divine essence
Hindu Patheism
practical side (CDE pattern)
vocational training
Abraham Lincoln
35. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
postermodernist literary ideas
cultural literacy
Protestant Reformation
goal of empiricism
36. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
California and Texas
Golden Mean and habit
arete
Isocrates
37. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
reason
postmodernity
Kant and George Berkeley
Memorabilia
38. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Tolkein approach
trivium
famous attack of medievals
analysis
39. Martin Luther; John Calvin
Plato
existentialism
Protestant Reformation
general education
40. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?
responsibility theory
truth from narratives and story-telling
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
existentialism
41. What is the building block of civilization?
Family
actuality
liberal learning
Experimentalist values
42. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
noetic powers
virtue
Aristotle
Tenure
43. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason
Plato's division of human decisions
Criticism of existentialism
leaner-centered approach
postmodernist aesthetics
44. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl
Essence
Abraham Lincoln
Socrates
Socratic method
45. 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
Tolkein approach
ordinary language analysis
socialization theories
Sparta
46. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
arete
rhetoric
idealist theory of education
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
47. What was created to protect academic freedom?
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Aristotle
Tenure
cognitive-stage theories
48. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters
axiology
analysis
Canon
categorical imperative
49. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
complete moral education
postmodernist aesthetics
Isocrates
50. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Protagoras
hallmark of liberal arts education
Arabasis
rejected