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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






3. Martin Luther; John Calvin






4. How was ancient Greece divided?






5. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






6. 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






7. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






9. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






10. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Most famous multiculturalist project






15. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






16. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






17. 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






18. Two categories of axiology






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






20. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






21. What is the building block of civilization?






22. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






23. General ideas about education and their logical implications






24. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






25. What medievals focused on






26. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






27. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






28. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






29. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






30. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






31. Experience is reality; activity-based






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






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






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






35. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






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






37. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






38. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






39. Nature of any given thing






40. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






41. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






43. 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






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






45. Use women more as slaves






46. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






47. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






48. Children born from 1981-1999






49. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






50. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?