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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






2. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






3. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






4. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






5. 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






6. What was created to protect academic freedom?






7. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






8. No God






9. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






10. Quintessential educated medieval person






11. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






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






18. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






19. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






20. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






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






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






23. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






24. Theoretical issues and practical issues






25. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






26. Concept of the beautiful






27. 'Man is the measure of all things'






28. Learning is...






29. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






30. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






38. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






39. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






40. What the medievals are criticized for






41. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






42. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






43. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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44. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






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






46. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






47. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






48. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






50. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related