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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
analytic
casuity
Lyceum
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
2. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical
organized knowledge
Jacques Derrida
Naturalism
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
3. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
a healthy Christian theism
Individual Christian mind
innoculation method
4. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness
Protagoras
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
postmodernist theory of education
John Dewey
5. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
socratic method
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
complete moral education
cognitive
6. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
axiology
idealist value theory
rhetoric
Canon
7. List of works that have always been studied
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Canon
existentialism
8. Theoretical issues and practical issues
division of controversial issues
mirror of society and critic of society
Plato
linguistic descriptions
9. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
maturational theories
Athens and Sparta
Justice and meritocracy
consumerism
10. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
worldview
Criticism of existentialism
modernity
Thracians
11. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
casuity
Hindu Patheism
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
existence precedes essence
12. Martin Luther; John Calvin
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
Protestant Reformation
criticism of latin
Epistemology
13. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
Hindu Patheism
Key elements of Greek education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
metaphysics
14. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
Peterson
logic
Criticism of existentialism
synthetic
15. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Amish
Socratic method
conceptual mapping
flute
16. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence
pragmatism
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
subjective idealism
17. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...
embrace them intellectually
ethics
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
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?'
analysis
general education
Key elements of Greek education
active
19. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci
rejected
atheistic wing of existentialism
Stanley Fish
famous attack of medievals
20. 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
sauromatides
hubris
practical side (CDE pattern)
Republic
21. To teach men how to learn for themselves
criticism of latin
sole true end of education
logic
Experimentalist view of education
22. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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23. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music
quadrivium
organized knowledge
Neil Postman
Great defect in modern education
24. Rational structure of Christian thought
dogmatic theory
Latin
Materialism
revelation
25. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
Golden Mean and habit
existentialist aesthetics
practical issues
collective Christian mind
26. Experience is reality; activity-based
pragmatism
Laws
Outmoded
Order of Trivium
27. 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
Stanford University Students
existentialism
Athens and Sparta
practical side (CDE pattern)
28. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?
existentialism
Experimentalist values
multiculturalism
ages that Trivium should be used
29. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
innoculation method
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
linguistic descriptions
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
30. How was ancient Greece divided?
confidence
Sophists
cultural literacy
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
31. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
Protestant Reformation
collective Christian mind
organized knowledge
naturalism
32. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
critique of great texts of western world
Nicocles
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
John Dewey
33. 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
Trivium and Quadrivium
analytic philosophy
Materialism
atheistic wing of existentialism
34. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
sauromatides
Stanley Fish
Panathenaicus
Sparta
35. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?
linguistic descriptions
self-knowledge
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
36. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
categorical imperative
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
pragmatism
37. 3 traditional philosophies of education
philosophical idealist
sauromatides
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Postmodernity educational practice
38. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
pragmatism
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
reader-response theory
normative
39. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend
Abraham Joshua Heschel
analytic
local government
fundamental part of teaching
40. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
tradition of liberal arts education
Golden Mean and habit
only adequate education
41. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
happiness
tradition of liberal arts education
postmodernity
analytic
42. Capability to change in certain ways
theoretical issues
potentiality
modernity
analytic
43. Kant's general form of moral law
categorical imperative
Allegory of the Cave
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
Modernity
44. Knowledge most worth having
self-knowledge
liberation to truth
Amish
scholastic
45. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
philosophical idealist
vocational training
liberal learning
Platonic concept of education
46. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Naturalism vs. Christianity
vocational training
postermodernist literary ideas
47. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Socratic method
Experimentalist aesthetics
Leisure
48. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
Plato's division of human decisions
subjective idealism
reason for sending child to public school
Peterson
49. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?
Theology
Thomistic realism
Postmodernity educational practice
truth from narratives and story-telling
50. Encourages individual choice
existentialism
Experimentalist aesthetics
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Justice and meritocracy