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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






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






3. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






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






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






7. 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






8. What the medievals are criticized for






9. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






11. Martin Luther; John Calvin






12. 'What is valuable?'






13. Encourages individual choice






14. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






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






16. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






18. World is permeated by divine essence






19. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






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






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






22. Kant's general form of moral law






23. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






24. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






25. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






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






28. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






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






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






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






32. Nature of any given thing






33. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






34. Stress self-expression






35. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






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






38. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






39. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






41. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






42. Children born from 1981-1999






43. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






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






46. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






48. 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






49. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






50. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'