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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






4. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






5. It is a dead language






6. The 'love of wisdom'






7. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






8. 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






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






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






11. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






12. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






13. What the medievals are criticized for






14. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






15. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






17. Most famous multiculturalist project






18. 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?'






19. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






20. 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






21. 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






22. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






23. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






24. What medievals focused on






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






26. Music should be studied with a view to what?






27. Capability to change in certain ways






28. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






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






30. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






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






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






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






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






36. Consisted of subjects






37. List of works that have always been studied






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






43. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






44. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






45. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






47. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






49. Categories of philosophy as an activity






50. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved