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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






2. What was created to protect academic freedom?






3. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






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






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






6. Learning is...






7. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






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






9. 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






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






11. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






12. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






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






15. Stress self-expression






16. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






18. 'What is good?'






19. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






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






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

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22. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






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






24. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






26. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






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






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






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






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






31. Kant's general form of moral law






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






33. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






34. 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






35. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






36. 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






37. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






38. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






39. 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






40. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






41. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






43. Philosophy is both...?






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






45. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






46. Experience is reality; activity-based






47. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






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






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






50. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






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