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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






2. Consisted of subjects






3. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






4. Philosophy is both...?






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. How was ancient Greece divided?






9. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






10. What is a 'DWEM'?






11. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






12. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






13. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






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






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






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






17. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






18. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






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






20. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






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






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






23. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






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






25. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






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






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






28. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






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






31. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






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






33. All knowledge is derived from the senses






34. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






36. 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






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






38. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






39. 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)






40. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






41. Knowledge most worth having






42. Quintessential educated medieval person






43. 'What is valuable?'






44. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






46. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






47. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






48. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






49. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






50. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions