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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Father of History






2. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






4. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






5. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






6. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






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






9. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






10. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






11. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






12. It is a dead language






13. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






15. 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






16. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






17. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






18. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






19. Concept of the beautiful






20. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






21. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






22. World is permeated by divine essence






23. Categories of philosophy as an activity






24. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






25. Capability to change in certain ways






26. 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






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






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






29. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






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






32. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






33. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






34. What medievals focused on






35. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






36. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






38. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






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






40. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






41. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






42. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






43. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






44. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 1600s; get to truth through science