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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Most famous multiculturalist project






3. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






4. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






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






7. 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






8. What is the building block of civilization?






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






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

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11. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






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






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






16. World is permeated by divine essence






17. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






18. It is a dead language






19. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






20. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






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






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






23. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






25. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






26. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






27. Categories of philosophy as an activity






28. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






29. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






30. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






36. Martin Luther; John Calvin






37. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






38. Two main philosophers of idealism






39. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






40. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






41. Experience is reality; activity-based






42. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






44. Quintessential educated medieval person






45. Capability to change in certain ways






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






47. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






49. 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?'






50. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30







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