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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






2. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






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






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






5. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






6. 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)






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






8. 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






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






10. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






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






12. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






13. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






15. Kant's general form of moral law






16. Aspect which makes something tangible






17. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






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






19. Capability to change in certain ways






20. Two main philosophers of idealism






21. 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;






22. World is permeated by divine essence






23. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






24. To teach men how to learn for themselves






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






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






27. 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






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






29. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






30. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






32. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






33. Good and evil in constant battle






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






35. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






37. Use women more as slaves






38. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






39. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






40. 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






41. 'What is valuable?'






42. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






44. 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






45. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






47. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






48. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






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






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