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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. A specific body of info every American should know






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






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






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






5. 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?'






6. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






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






8. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






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






10. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






11. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






12. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






13. General ideas about education and their logical implications






14. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






20. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






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






22. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






23. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






25. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful 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. 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






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






29. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






30. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






32. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






33. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






34. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






35. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






46. The 'love of wisdom'






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






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






49. Learning is...






50. 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