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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






2. Kant's general form of moral law






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






4. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






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






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






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






8. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






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






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






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






13. Rational structure of Christian thought






14. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






15. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






16. All knowledge is derived from the senses






17. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






18. 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






19. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






20. Encourages individual choice






21. It is a dead language






22. Learning is...






23. 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






24. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






25. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






26. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






27. 3 traditional philosophies of education






28. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






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






31. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 1600s; get to truth through science






37. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






38. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






39. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






40. The 'love of wisdom'






41. 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;






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






43. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






45. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






46. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






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






48. 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)






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






50. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions