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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Children born from 1981-1999
empirical analytics
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
cognitive-stage theories
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
2. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
virtue
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
First Amendment activists
3. 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
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Nicocles
Herodotus
Protagorean rationale for general education
4. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?
liberal learning
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
normative
Socrates
5. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
Protestant Reformation
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
philosophy
Great defect in modern education
6. What the medievals are criticized for
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
hairsplitting
leaner-centered approach
Golden Mean and habit
7. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Politics
criticism of latin
Protagoras
8. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
First Amendment activists
existence precedes essence
Great defect in modern education
form
9. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world
linguistic descriptions
Protagoras
Lyceum
normative philosophy of education
10. Portion of being
actuality
Experimentalist values
metaphysics
naturalism
11. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
practical issues
actuality
sauromatides
Postmodernity educational practice
12. Application of ethical principles in particular instances
noetic powers
casuity
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
naturalistic cosmotogies
13. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
Theology
Blessing
Republic
Stanford University Students
14. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Plato
famous attack of medievals
Trivium and Quadrivium
15. 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
ordinary language analysis
revelation
Sparta
happiness
16. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...
division of controversial issues
Experimentalist aesthetics
embrace them intellectually
naturalism
17. Academic freedom does not mean _______
Amish
Strict neutrality
existentialist view of education
Protestant Reformation
18. 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
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Zeno
Athens
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
19. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
Aristotle
axiology
Protagoras
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
20. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
Naturalism vs. Christianity
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Monkey Trial
21. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
logic
Cosmic dualism
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Sigmund Freud
22. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
Liberally educated person
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
vocational training
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
23. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
criticism of latin
fundamental part of teaching
modernity
Essence
24. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
Integrated Education
Strict neutrality
aesthetics
liberal education and career training
25. 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
Against the Sophists
in the home
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Amish
26. What is a 'DWEM'?
Dead White European Male
Plato and the arts
dogmatic theory
general education
27. Use women more as slaves
Thracians
Athens
potentiality
hairsplitting
28. Nature of any given thing
Dead White European Male
Trivium and Quadrivium
Essence
worldview
29. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
Modernity
religious zealots
Athens
Epicurus
30. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
empirical analytics
revelation
reader-response theory
reason
31. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'
existentialism
Sigmund Freud
Naturalist aim of education
vocational training
32. Consisted of subjects
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Quadrivium
Platonic concept of education
confidence
33. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Leisure
metaphysics
sauromatides
34. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
theoretical issues
metaphysics
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
philosophy of education
35. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
Antidosis
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
existence precedes essence
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
36. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions
difference between leisure and amusement
socialization theories
philosophy as a subject matter
liberal learning
37. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Jacques Derrida
hallmark of liberal arts education
consumerism
38. Theoretical issues and practical issues
Aristotle
ordinary language analysis
metaphysics
division of controversial issues
39. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
logic
postmodernist theory of education
practical issues
Neo-Platonism
40. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Criticism of existentialism
atheistic wing of existentialism
postermodernist literary ideas
41. 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
division of controversial issues
existentialism
local government
Naturalism
42. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
state
Experimentalist view of education
Isocrates
confidence
43. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
Isocrates
California and Texas
vocational training
ideal language analysis
44. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend
philosophy of education
analytic
difference between leisure and amusement
Herodotus
45. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor
Protestant Reformation
epitome of postmodern person
a subject matter and an activity
famous attack of medievals
46. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
Protagorean rationale for general education
Canon
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Stanley Fish
47. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition
Epistemology
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
noetic powers
48. 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
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
famous attack of medievals
Naturalism vs. Christianity
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
49. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
form
responsibility theory
Strict neutrality
noetic powers
50. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
matter
leaner-centered approach
form
Aristotle