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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






2. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






3. What do Americans have the most of in education?






4. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






6. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






7. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






8. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






9. Started naturalism






10. 1600s; get to truth through science






11. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






12. 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;






13. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






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






15. Capability to change in certain ways






16. Philosophy is both...?






17. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 'Man is the measure of all things'






26. No God






27. Two main philosophers of idealism






28. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






29. Good and evil in constant battle






30. 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






31. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






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






34. 'What is valuable?'






35. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






43. General ideas about education and their logical implications






44. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






46. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






47. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






48. World is permeated by divine essence






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






50. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'