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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Two categories of axiology






3. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






4. One that shapes the whole person






5. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






6. It is a dead language






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






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

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9. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






10. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






11. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






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






13. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






14. 3 traditional philosophies of education






15. List of works that have always been studied






16. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






17. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






18. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






20. 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






21. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






22. Music should be studied with a view to what?






23. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






24. Categories of philosophy as an activity






25. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






26. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






27. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






28. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






29. The 'love of wisdom'






30. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






31. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






33. What the medievals are criticized for






34. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






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






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






38. 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)






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






40. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






41. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






42. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






44. Rational structure of Christian thought






45. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






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






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. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






49. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






50. Stress self-expression







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