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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






2. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






3. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






4. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






5. Children born from 1981-1999






6. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






7. What medievals focused on






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






9. 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






10. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






12. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






13. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






14. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






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






16. Martin Luther; John Calvin






17. What the medievals are criticized for






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






19. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






21. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






22. Use women more as slaves






23. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






24. 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






25. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






26. What is a 'DWEM'?






27. List of works that have always been studied






28. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






29. Learning is...






30. Kant's general form of moral law






31. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






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






33. 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)






34. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






35. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






36. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






38. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






39. 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






40. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






41. One that shapes the whole person






42. Socrates' ultimate goal






43. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






44. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






45. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






46. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






47. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






48. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






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






50. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?