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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






2. 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






3. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






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






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






6. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






7. Father of History






8. Rational structure of Christian thought






9. Two main philosophers of idealism






10. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






11. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






13. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






14. 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






15. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






17. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






18. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






19. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






20. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






21. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






22. To teach men how to learn for themselves






23. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






24. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






25. 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






26. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






27. 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






28. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






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






30. The 'love of wisdom'






31. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






32. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






33. Two categories of axiology






34. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






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






36. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






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






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






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






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






41. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






43. No God






44. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






45. Categories of philosophy as an activity






46. Started naturalism






47. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






48. Aspect which makes something tangible






49. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






50. What the medievals are criticized for