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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Knowledge most worth having






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






3. What do Americans have the most of in education?






4. Socrates' ultimate goal






5. 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






6. Most famous multiculturalist project






7. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






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






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

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






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






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






13. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






14. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






16. 1600s; get to truth through science






17. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






18. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






19. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






20. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






21. Two main philosophers of idealism






22. 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






23. 3 traditional philosophies of education






24. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






25. 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?'






26. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






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






28. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






29. Encourages individual choice






30. 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






31. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






32. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






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






34. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






35. Categories of philosophy as an activity






36. Concept of the beautiful






37. Experience is reality; activity-based






38. The 'love of wisdom'






39. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






41. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






42. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






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






44. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






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






46. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






47. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






49. 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






50. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa