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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






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






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






5. 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






6. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






7. Kant's general form of moral law






8. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






9. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






16. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






17. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






18. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






19. What is the building block of civilization?






20. 1600s; get to truth through science






21. 3 traditional philosophies of education






22. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






23. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






24. What Greeks mostly focused on






25. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






26. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






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






28. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






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






30. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






31. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






32. Martin Luther; John Calvin






33. Most famous multiculturalist project






34. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






35. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






36. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






37. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






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






39. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






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






41. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






42. What was created to protect academic freedom?






43. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






44. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






45. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






46. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






48. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






49. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






50. It is a dead language