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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






2. How was ancient Greece divided?






3. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






4. 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






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






6. Knowledge most worth having






7. World is an emanation of God's own being






8. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






9. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






10. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






11. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






12. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






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






14. 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






15. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






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






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






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






19. What do Americans have the most of in education?






20. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






21. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






22. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






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






24. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






25. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






26. What was created to protect academic freedom?






27. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






28. One that shapes the whole person






29. 3 traditional philosophies of education






30. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






31. Stress self-expression






32. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






33. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






34. 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






35. To teach men how to learn for themselves






36. 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






37. Academic freedom does not mean _______






38. 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






39. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






40. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






41. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






42. Good and evil in constant battle






43. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






44. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






45. Learning is...






46. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






47. Nature of any given thing






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






49. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






50. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness