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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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2. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






3. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






4. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






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






6. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






7. 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






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






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






10. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






11. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






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






13. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






14. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






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






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






17. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






19. Experience is reality; activity-based






20. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






21. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






22. 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






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






24. Good and evil in constant battle






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






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






27. A specific body of info every American should know






28. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






29. 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






30. Academic freedom does not mean _______






31. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






32. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






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






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






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






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






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






38. Children born from 1981-1999






39. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






41. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






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






44. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






45. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






46. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






48. 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?'






49. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






50. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?